ADJECTIVE
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constituting a class of its own; unique
a history book sui generis
sui generis works like Mary Chestnut's Civil War diary
How To Use sui generis In A Sentence
- With his not-quite-leading-man looks and sui generis intensity, Clarke gives you the sense that Wysocki's got more layers than a deep-dish pizza. Cheers & Jeers: The Chicago Firebrand
- Her daughter, the narrator, is a New Age arty trendoid sui generis.
- But the only exceptionality that really matters-since all nations are in their way sui generis-is the configuration that has founded its global hegemony.
- Because the discourse concerning the textural semiotics of Titus's sexualized offerings is not of a sufficiently academic nature to be the object of attention in an admittedly sui generis blog having its origins within an academic context, it it appropriate to say a few more words concerning the deconstructive sexualization and postcapitalist transgressive character of Titus's texts. About my proposed Titus recording.
- This is a worm "_sui generis_," the mode of its propagation being entirely unknown; and from its being the only living creature (man excepted) that will devour this plant, [B] it is called "_tobacco worm_. A Dissertation on the Medical Properties and Injurious Effects of the Habitual Use of Tobacco
- Sub specie aeternitatis the Colombian hamburger is ... well, pardon the cliche, but it is sui generis. La Hamburgesa (with picture) « Unknowing
- This is what lawyers call sui generis," said James, of the Rockville firm Maxwell & Barke. John Kelly's Washington: A legal trailblazer with a cold nose
- One of the issues that is lurking in the background at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is the notion of sui generis protection of databases (i.e., separate rights in a database beyond copyright law). Sui Generis Database Protection in the EU — Slaw
- sui generis works like Mary Chestnut's Civil War diary
- Ms. TUCKER: Well, it's interesting that you used the phrase sui generis because I was thinking exactly that. Ouster Of D.C. Mayoral Incumbent Stirs Debate On Black Leadership