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raison d'etre

noun as in reason for being

noun as in reason for being

noun as in raison d'être

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The discussion of this proposal seems to make plain the raison d'etre for the existence of the Sentinel.

To her, as to the wily widow, this was the incident of the evening—in fact, the whole raison d'etre of it.

The question was sufficiently important to demand an experimental solution; hence the raison d'etre of the present demonstration.

So my reader will perhaps understand the raison d'etre of the proverb, "The lawyers own England."

And since a cult must have an object of group hate as a raison-d'etre, he chose the androids.

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On this page you'll find 5 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to raison d'etre, such as: basis, justification for existing, rationale, reason for existing, and reason why.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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