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Meaning of sui generis | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/suˑ.i ˈɡɛnɛɹɪs/

Definitions

Something of its own kind; a thing apart.

Equivalents

Examples

“It is word-generated knowledge or knowledge by testimony ( K. T. for short ) – a sui generis.”
“Prior to the 1990s a large segment of New Testament scholarship maintained that the Gospels represent a sui generis, that is, a genre unique to them. This sui generis was viewed as a type of mythology.”
“Insofar as none of these approaches has ever been formally overruled by the highest Court of the land, the law of deviation remains an area of controversy and is practically treated as a sui generis - that is, as a law quite distinct from the general law of contract.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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