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raison d'etre

[rey-zohn de-truh, re-zawn de-truh] / ˈreɪ zoʊn ˈdɛ trə, rɛ zɔ̃ ˈdɛ trə /
NOUN
reason for being
Synonyms
WEAK
basis justification for existing rationale reason for existing reason why
raison d'être
NOUN
reason for being
Synonyms
WEAK
basis justification for existing rationale reason for existing reason why

Example Sentences

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It is also working to build the type of cutting-edge AI agents that some investors think threaten its entire raison d’être.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Unrestrained power, of course, is the president’s raison d’être.

From Salon • Sep. 27, 2025

Fundamentally, the format's raison d'être is now under question.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2025

I just saw James Mangold’s Bob Dylan-goes-electric history lesson “A Complete Unknown,” the music biopic that wears its subject’s impenetrable nature as its raison d’être.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2024

A theory of value which cannot be applied in the money market, the stock exchange, and the great field of modern business generally, has small raison d'être.

From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.