Diagnostic and Specific

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Diagnostic adjective - Serving to identify as belonging to an individual or group.

Usage example: studies that show that cultural diversity is a diagnostic feature of a thriving city

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Specific and diagnostic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Specific" instead the word "Diagnostic" as an adjective or a noun.

Specific noun - Something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind.

Usage example: the two submissions differ only in certain specifics

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Diagnostic and specific are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Diagnostic" instead the word "Specific" as an adjective or a noun.

To use a specific example, some people with autism (for Asperger Syndrome, "pedantic speech" is a diagnostic criterion) tend to value precision and may prefer to speak using something like Spock Speak.

Source: Spock Speak
Suspiciously Specific Denial: In Trauma Team, Gabe and RONI are given an order to stop examining a soldier, and spyware is installed on RONI to keep an eye on them... but then she realizes that due to Artificial Stupidity, it will only report when Gabe is engaged in blatant diagnostic activity.

Source: Videogame / Trauma Center

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