Sui Generis : 독특한, 독자적인, 그 자체로는, 그 자체가
1)
this is Latin, it's fairly formal
notice, we are using sui generis as an adjective
it means that something is unique
it's not like anything else, it's not like anyone else
you can't make judgments about it comparing it to other things
because there is nothing else like it
it's the only one of its class
I think maybe they use this word in legal terms
a sui generis case
to say it's unique there's only one like it
there are no other it's of its own kind
it's a in a class alone
he is very sui generis old man, when they made hime they broke the mold
it's a one-off
it's something that has is own specific qualities
there is nothing else of the same kind
I think you could probably use this to mean remarkable, unusual
but literally it means there is only a single one but you could use it just to mean remarkable
some mathematical equations have only sui generis answer to them, only one
something is unparalleled, unequaled
sui generis there is only one of them
it's not something that you are going to see in another one of
the artworks produced by this artist are sui generis works, there's nobody else who makes anything in that is the same
his attitude to life is a sui generis attitude, he looks at things in this single way of working
this autobiography is a sui generis autobiography because nobody else has lived a life like this
it's just the only one in existence of this type
each species of animal, it's sui generis ,they have own individual unique things
2)
you can also use this meaning, per se
this isn't a problem sui generis, but it may devolop into a problem
by itself
of its own
but the use of this meaning is even rarer
Formality : 6.5 - 7
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