sui generis (redirected from Sui Generis (Latin expression))

su·i ge·ne·ris  (s jnr-s, s)

adj.

Being the only example of its kind; unique: "sui generis works like Mary Chesnut's Civil War diary" (Linda Orr).

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[Latin su generis : su, of its own + generis, genitive of genus, kind.]

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sui generis [ˌsuːaɪ ˈdʒɛnərɪs]

adj

unique

[Latin, literally: of its own kind]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

sui generis - constituting a class of its own; unique; "a history book sui generis"; "sui generis works like Mary Chestnut's Civil War diary" single - existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual; "upon the hill stood a single tower"; "had but a single thought which was to escape"; "a single survivor"; "a single serving"; "a single lens"; "a single thickness"

Translations

sui generis

adj → sui generis (geh), → einzig(artig)