raison d'être
/ˌreɪzɒ̃ ˈdɛtrə
/ /ʀɛzɔ̃ dɛtʀ/noun (plural raisons d'être pronounced same)
The most important reason or purpose for someone or something’s existence: seeking to shock is the catwalk’s raison d'être...
- After all, is this not its entire raison d'être, in contrast to the anarchy of capitalism?
- In the former, the raison d'être of most experiments appears to be the elucidation of points of purely scientific interest.
- We started with the real raison d'être for our armed forces.
Origin
French, literally 'reason for being'.
Rhymes
- ionotropy
- ion pair
- ion propulsion
- ion pump
- ion rocket
- ion-selective
- ion source
- ion spot
- ion tail
- iontophoresis
- ion transport
- ion trap
- IOOF
- iophendylate
- -ior
- iora
- I (or he etc.) will try anything once
- I (or he, she, etc.) cannot (or could not) say
- I (or he, she, etc.) can't win
- I (or he, she, etc.) couldn't (informal also could) care less
- I (or he, she, etc.) didn't come down in the last shower
- I (or he, she, etc.) wasn't born yesterday
- I (or I'll) tell you what
- I (or I'll) warrant (you)
- iOS