Definition of "nonidentical" [nonidentical]

• Not being the same; different. (adjective)
• Fraternal: nonidentical twins. (adjective)

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• "At the same time, on one construction, p and q, even if nonidentical, fall under a common description: they are equally, for example, “the child produced by the couple.”"
• "If the merely possible, but better off and nonidentical child, is a mere figment of our imagination, then so"
• "This view will give us a way of distinguishing between the situations of the two women who produce asthmatic offspring without abandoning the view that it is wrong for the parent to bring a seriously impaired child into existence in place of a better off but nonidentical child."