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  • 91Raison d’État —    For “reasons of state,” a doctrine intimately related to Realpolitik and concerned fundamentally with the centrality, security, and vitality of the state. It is associated above all with Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal de Richelieu… …

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  • 92raison d'être — /reɪzɒn ˈdɛtrə/ (say rayzon detruh) noun reason or justification for being or existence: *an enterprise whose raison d etre is speculation and gambling –anne summers, 1975. Also, raison d etre. {French} …

  • 93raison d'être — a [rezóndêtr] m, tudi neskl. (ọ̑ ȇ) knjiž. smisel, upravičenost, razlog obstoja: dobiti, izgubiti svoj raison d être; ta festival ima svoj raison d être; prim. rezon …

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  • 94raison d'être — also raison d etre noun (plural raisons d être; also raisons d etre) Etymology: French Date: 1864 reason or justification for existence …

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  • 95raison d'etre — noun see raison d être …

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  • 96raison d'être — /ray zohn de treuh/; Fr. /rdde zawonn de trddeu/, pl. raisons d être /ray zohnz de treuh/; Fr. /rdde zawonn de trddeu/. reason or justification for being or existence: Art is the artist s raison d être. [1865 70; < F] * * * …

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  • 97raison d'etre — noun Anglicized spelling of raison dêtre; a reason for living …

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  • 98raison d'être — noun The claimed reason for the existence of something or someone; the sole or ultimate purpose of something or someone. Surfing became his raison d’être …

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  • 99RAISON D'ÊTRE — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. [ray ZON DET ruh] reason for being. Protection of the company s proprietary interests was given as the security s system raison d etre. SYN.: reason for being, justification for being …

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  • 100raison d'être — rai|son d être [ˌreızɔn ˈdetrə US zoun ] n [singular] [Date: 1800 1900; : French; Origin: reason of being ] the reason why something exists, why someone does something etc ▪ Commerce was the town s raison d être …

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