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Sensu stricto
“In the strict sense.”
Scholarly Latin term
Translation
What does “Sensu stricto” mean?
Sensu stricto translates as “In the strict sense.”
Used to show that a word is meant in its narrow, precise meaning rather than a loose one.
Origin
The story behind it
A scholarly Latin term common in science, law and philosophy, often abbreviated s.s. and paired with its opposite, ‘sensu lato’ (in the broad sense). It is also written ‘stricto sensu’.
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- In the strict sense.
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