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Raison d'etre   /rˈeɪsɑn dˈɛtri/   Listen
Raison d'etre

noun
1.
Reason for being.
2.
The purpose that justifies a thing's existence.





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"Raison d'etre" Quotes from Famous Books



... please me. You said a nation must have a reason for existing and that Canada should have a clear ideal of hers. What is the raison d'etre of Canada?" ...
— The Young Seigneur - Or, Nation-Making • Wilfrid Chateauclair


Words linked to "Raison d'etre" :   use, purpose, rationalization, rationalisation, function, role


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