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noun
A property that applies to all members of a species and only to them, serving to distinguish the species from other species within the same genus, yet is not part of the true definition or the essence of the species.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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noun
Selfhood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology
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History
Borrowed from Latin proprium (“of one's own”).
