raison d'etre

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Noun	1.	raison d'etre - reason for being rationalization, rationalisation - the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason
	2.	raison d'etre - the purpose that justifies a thing's existence function, purpose, use, role - what something is used for; "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?"

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function purpose rationalisation rationalization role use			The raison d'etre of X Factor is not to unearth a superstar, it is to get you to pick up a phone and vote - assuming you can prise it from your teenage daughter. Grimes never pays; RESULT ! by The Mirror (London, England) The whole raison d'etre of the aliens' arrival is as weak as the sense of peril. Attic antics as aliens are loft in space; Films ALIENS IN THE ATTIC ... by Birmingham Mail (England) I don't blame developers wanting to get their hands on council greens, that's their raison d'etre, like all privatised business making money. Paying the price of lack of control; Your Say by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)			raise raise a stink raise hell raise the roof raise up raiseable raised raised beach raised bog raised doughnut Raised table Raiser raisin raisin bran raisin bread raisin cookie raisin moth Raisin River Raisin tree raisin-nut cookie raising Raising bee Raising hammer raising hell Raising plate raison d'etre raison d'être Raisonne raita RAIU Raivel raj Raja Raja batis Raja erinacea Raja laevis Raja radiata raja yoga Rajab rajah Rajahmundry Rajahship rajanya RAJAR Rajasthan Rajidae Rajiformes Rajkot Rajpoot Rajput Rajputana			Raising Standards of Pension Administration Raising Student Voice and Participation raising the ante raising the ante raising the ante raising the ante raising the devil raising the devil raising the devil raising the devil Raising the Next Generation Program raising the roof raising the roof raising the roof raising the roof Raising the School Leaving Age raising the standard raising the standard raising the standard raising the standard Raising the Standard of Living Raising the Standards Raising Up A Family to the Lord Raisins Raisins raisiny raisiny Raison Raison Raison d etre raison d'etre raison d'être raison d'être raison d’etre raison d’être Raison de etre Raison detre Raisonne Raisonnement a Partir de Cas Raisonneur raisons d'être raisons d'être RAISS RAIST Raisz, Erwin RAIT RAIT Investment Trust raita raita Raitar Raitar RAITEC Raith Rovers Football Club Raitt, Bonnie RAIU RAIU RAIU RAIUL RAIV

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