proprium

[proh-pree-uh m]

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noun, plural pro·pri·a [proh-pree-uh] /ˈproʊ pri ə/. Logic.

a nonessential property common to all the members of a class; attribute.

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Related Words for proprium

myself, character, individuality, person, ego, identity, personality, narcissism, personal, egocentrism, psyche, individual, substantive, individualization, identical, own, selfhood, oneself

Examples from the Web for proprium

Historical Examples of proprium

The predicate must either be Genus, or Proprium, or Accident, of its subject.
Aristotle
George Grote
It is a proprium per se of man to be an animal by nature tractable.
Aristotle
George Grote
Thus, if it be proprium of man to be a walking-biped, it must also be proprium of bird to be a flying-biped.
Aristotle
George Grote
Thus, he may predicate biped as a proprium always belonging to man.
Aristotle
George Grote
Pulchr is not proprium of just; therefore, pulchrum is not proprium of justum.
Aristotle
George Grote

British Dictionary definitions for proprium

proprium

noun

Also called: property logic obsolete an attribute that is not essential to a species but is common and peculiar to it

Word Origin for proprium

C16: Latin, neuter sing of proprius proper, own

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