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In term logic, a genus is one of the predicables; it is that part of a definition which is also predicable of other things different from the definiendum. E.g., figure in the definition: A triangle is a rectilinear figure. In fixing the genus of a thing, we subsume it under a higher universal, of which it is a species.
See also
- The Five Predicables
- Differentia
- Genus–differentia definition
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This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Genus philosophy news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2019 Learn how and when to remove this message In term logic a genus is one of the predicables it is that part of a definition which is also predicable of other things different from the definiendum E g figure in the definition A triangle is a rectilinear figure In fixing the genus of a thing we subsume it under a higher universal of which it is a species See alsoThe Five Predicables Differentia Genus differentia definition This logic related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte
