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RAISON D'ETRE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does raison d'etre mean?
• RAISON D'ETRE (noun)
The noun RAISON D'ETRE has 2 senses:
1. reason for being
2. the purpose that justifies a thing's existence
Familiarity information: RAISON D'ETRE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Reason for being
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("raison d'etre" is a kind of...):
rationalisation; rationalization (the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The purpose that justifies a thing's existence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("raison d'etre" is a kind of...):
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