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Term: 
Selective
Quote: 

A symbol for a single individual, which individual is more than once referred to, but is not identified as the object of a proper name, shall be termed a Selective.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1903). A Syllabus of Certain Topics of Logic. Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son.
References: 
Peirce, 1903, p. 18; CP 4.408
Date of Quote: 
1903
URL: 

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