LekhoriLekhoriIn a class of its own; one of a kind.
It is easy to describe second-rate talents, because they fall into a class and enlist under a standard; but first-rate powers defy calculation or comparison, and can be defined only by themselves. They are sui generis, and make the class to which they belong.
By itself; of its own.
They came up with a program that the federal Minister of Agriculture and his provincial colleagues agreed was a good and appropriate approach to handling that particular problem. They did it sui generis.
Something of its own kind; a thing apart.
It is word-generated knowledge or knowledge by testimony ( K. T. for short ) – a sui generis.
Borrowed from Latin suī generis (literally “of its own kind/class”).
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