Synonyms for raison d'ĂȘtre
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : rey-zohn de-truh; French re-zawn de-truh |
| Phonetic Transcription : ËreÉȘâzoÊn ËdÉâtrÉ; French rÉâzÉÌ ËdÉâtrÉ |
Top 10 synonyms for raison d'ĂȘtre Other synonyms for the word raison d'ĂȘtre
- absolution
- account
- acquittal
- advocacy
- answer
- apologia
- charge
- concern
- defense
- duty
- employment
- exculpation
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- faculty
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- hypothesis
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- mark
- mission
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- occupation
- office
- operation
- palliation
- palliative
- part
- philosophy
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- power
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- purpose
- raison d'ĂȘtre
- rationale
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- reason
- reasons
- rebuttal
- redemption
- reply
- response
- responsibility
- role
- salvation
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- service
- situation
- song and dance
- sour grapes
- story
- support
- target
- task
- the big idea
- the whole idea
- theory
- use
- utility
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- warrant
- whatfor
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- whitewashing
- whole idea
- why and wherefore
- whyfor
- work
DĂ©finition of raison d'ĂȘtre
Origin :- "excuse for being," 1864, first recorded in letter of J.S. Mill, from French raison d'ĂȘtre, literally "rational grounds for existence."
- As in justification : noun reason, excuse
- As in rationale : noun logic for belief, action
- As in function : noun capacity, job
- The raison d'etre therefore for the book is convenience and arrangement.
- Extract from : « A Field Book of the Stars » by William Tyler Olcott
- Of course the raison d'etre of being here is the sulphur spring.
- Extract from : « Their Pilgrimage » by Charles Dudley Warner
- The raison d'etre of marriage is human happiness now and in the generations to follow.
- Extract from : « Race Improvement : or, Eugenics : a Little Book on a Great Subject » by La Reine Helen Baker
- The discussion of this proposal seems to make plain the raison d'etre for the existence of the Sentinel.
- Extract from : « The Day of the Confederacy » by Nathaniel W. Stephenson
- Moreover, we have the raison d'etre of the ghost: she had been a victim of the Chief Justice in Eyre.
- Extract from : « The Valet's Tragedy and Other Stories » by Andrew Lang
- The question was sufficiently important to demand an experimental solution; hence the raison d'etre of the present demonstration.
- Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 601, July 9, 1887 » by Various
- So my reader will perhaps understand the raison d'etre of the proverb, "The lawyers own England."
- Extract from : « Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison » by Austin Biron Bidwell
Antonyms for raison d'ĂȘtre
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