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rai·son d'ê·tre 
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Audio Help [rey-zohn de-truh; Fr. re-zawn de-truh] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural rai·sons d'ê·tre
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Audio Help [rey-zohnz de-truh; Fr. re-zawn de-truh] Pronunciation Key. | reason or justification for being or existence: Art is the artist's raison d'être. |
[Origin: 1865–70; < F]
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raison d'etre
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n. pl. rai·sons d'être (rā'zōn, rě-zôɴ) Reason or justification for existing. [French : raison, reason + de, of, for + être, to be.] |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
| raison d'etre | |
noun | |
| 1. | reason for being |
| 2. | the purpose that justifies a thing's existence |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
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