Raison d'être
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Raison d'être is a phrase borrowed from French where it means simply "reason for being"; in English use it also comes to suggest a degree of rationalization, as "The claimed reason for the existence of something or someone". A raison in nature may also symbolize wisdom or knowledge. It may also refer to:
- Raison d'être (band), a Swedish dark ambient band
- Raison D'etre, an album by Australian jazz fusion guitarist Frank Gambale
- "Raison d'etre", a song by Japanese rock band Dir en grey
- "Raison d'etre", a song by Japanese rock band Nightmare
- "Raison d'etre", a song by Japanese rock band deadman
- "Raison d'être", a song used as the ending theme of Chobits by Japanese artist and voice actress Rie Tanaka
- "Raison d'etre", a song by British rock band Buzzcocks
- Raison d'être, a central theme in the Japanese anime series Ergo Proxy and Code Geass
- Raison d'être, an American Ale brewed by Dogfish Head
- Raison d'être, a term used and popularized by the rock band Queensryche in the song I Don't Believe in Love
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