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sui generis
sui generis
adjective
Definition of SUI GENERIS
being the one or ones of a class with no other members <among history's greats Leonardo da Vinci is often considered sui generis—a man of such stupendous genius that the world may never see his like again>
Related Words single, solo, unaccompanied, unattended; incomparable, inimitable, matchless, peerless, unequaled (or unequalled), unmatched, unparalleled, unrivaled (or unrivalled), unsurpassable, unsurpassed; distinct, distinctive, individual, separate; nonce
Near Antonyms divers, manifold, multifarious, myriad; assorted, heterogenous, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, patchwork, promiscuous, varied; popular, prevailing, prevalent, rampant; perennial, recurrent, repeated
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