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Raison D'etre

nounid 121271·updated May 18, 2026
verified

the purpose that justifies a thing's existence

polysemousMWE

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Raison D'etres
possessive
Raison D'etre's
pluralpossessive
Raison D'etres'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
the purpose that justifies a thing's existence
§2
reason for being

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