sui generis
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Latin phrase meaning "of its own kind"; in a class by itself; unique
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Within Vinony's link graph, sui generis is referenced by 1,235 other articles, and connects out to statute, international organization and Second Intifada.
It is catalogued under topics including Exceptionalism, Latin legal terminology and Latin philosophical phrases.
Its subject is documented across 42 Wikipedia language editions.
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Encyclopedic overview
Sui generis is a Latin phrase that means "of its/their own kind" or "in a class by itself", therefore "unique". It denotes an exclusion to the larger system an object is in relation to.
Several disciplines use the term to refer to unique entities. These include:
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “sui generis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.