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Per Se
/pɚˈseɪ/
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What does Per Se mean?
adverb
- Without determination by or involvement of extraneous factors; by its very nature.
- In a true or literal sense; as one would expect from the name or description.
- As the principle of its own determination and positing itself.
More meanings (3)
adverb
- Not leaving discretion to the judge to take into account additional factors that could rebut the judgment, deriving the qualification from the statute.
adjective
- Positing itself and being a principle of its own determination.
- That does not leave discretion to the judge to take into account additional factors that could rebut the judgment, deriving the qualification from the statute.
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IPA pronunciation
/pɚˈseɪ/
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See this word in context.
Of course we are not speaking here of masturbation per se, but only of the fact of its ascertained relationship to the pathological lying.
That they had, and still have, their legitimate uses, is true, but these uses do not concern magic, per se, nor its manifold powers.
More book examples (2)
Despite the achievements which have been recorded by human endeavour in the field of aerial travel, the balloon per se has by no means been superseded.
I perfectly understand and feel the force of your argument in reference to birds per se, but why do these not apply to insects and plants?