Usually means: Reason or justification for existence.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word raison d'etre:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. raison d'etre: Merriam-Webster
  2. raison d'etre: Collins English Dictionary
  3. raison d'etre: Wiktionary
  4. raison d'etre, raison detre: Dictionary.com
  5. Raison D'etre, Raison detre: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. raison d'etre: Rhymezone
  7. raison detre: FreeDictionary.org
  8. raison d'etre: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. raison d'etre: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. raison d'etre: Vocabulary.com

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Political (No longer online)
  2. raison d'etre: Idioms
  3. raison d'etre: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. raison d'etre: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Raison d'etre)

noun:  Alternative form of raison d'être [A reason for being; the claimed reason for the existence of something or someone; the sole or ultimate purpose of something or someone.]


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