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Meanings of raison d'etre in English

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Usage of raison d'etre in English
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A Democratic triumph would undermine the leading raison d'etre of the administration.
The Guardian
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The existence of the readership is the raison d'etre of a free-sheeter.
Behind the News: Voices from Goa's Press
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Of course the raison d'etre of being here is the sulphur spring.
Their Pilgrimage
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It was, for the time, the elemental raison d'etre of their lives.
Baree, Son of Kazan
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It was he who gave them both raison d'etre and incentive.
Imperial Purple
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Ethiopia's presence provided the fighters with a nationalist raison d'etre that many Somalis understood.
Reuters
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There is really no raison d'etre left for the Phil.
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3
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The x really has no raison d'etre beyond the personal attachment of its original members.
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1
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Men do not realize the raison d'etre of morals.
Problems of Conduct: An Introductory Survey of Ethics
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That is the raison d'etre of this letter.
The Letters of the Younger Pliny, First Series — Volume 1
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Formed to deal with an emergency, they would lose their raison d'etre once the emergency was over.
The Guardian
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It had no raison d'etre in peacetime.
Terrorists and Freedom Fighters
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But as the web grew, the potential of a site whose raison d'etre was connectivity became plain.
The Guardian
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Moreover, they do not comply with their raison d'etre by merely existing, growing, and propagating their kind.
The Home Acre
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However, the whole raison d'etre of adult education and its place in the education system has changed utterly.
The Irish Times
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Of course the raison d'etre of the beast is to shuffle money around the system at a profit.
The Irish Times