Meaning of per se | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Without determination by or involvement of extraneous factors; by its very nature.
   not-comparable
2. In a true or literal sense; as one would expect from the name or description.
   nonstandard, not-comparable
3. As the principle of its own determination and positing itself.
   not-comparable
4. Not leaving discretion to the judge to take into account additional factors that could rebut the judgment, deriving the qualification from the statute.
   not-comparable

Examples

“Near-synonyms: by definition, by nature, essentially, in essence, ipso facto, intrinsically; see also Thesaurus:intrinsically”

“Some people say that a hangover is caused by impurities in the drink, not by the alcohol per se.”

“They say he is a very man per se, And stands alone.”

“A proposition is per se known as regards itself , but not per se known as regards us, when it has no medium of proof a priori, nor is its truth directly and immediately evident to us on first apprehending the terms.”

“What words actionable. to subject the offender to contempt, and deprive him of public confidence, and to accuse one who is a notary public of procuring a false affidavit to be made before him is libelous and actionable per se.”

“Always have the greatest excesses and the most reprehensible practices been committed when backed up by or given the sanction of religion. But all this represents no derogation of the original phallic cult per se. It merely proves that the gods have always been what we have made them.”

“It's not that I've got anything against kids per se, but I believe in discipline.”

“It's not a museum per se, but they do have some interesting artefacts.”

“I take photographs. But I'm not a photographer. Per se. Right. Not per se. Right.”

“It's not a race against the competition per se: that's not how it feels to me when I'm working on a project.”

“Annoyed, frustrated, edgy, but not angry per se.”

“As we shall see, since the 1960s, the ELN, although not a religious movement per se, represents an interesting amalgam of beliefs that helped serve in recruitment, commitment, and identification of a revolutionary belief and ritual.”

“Through this lingual haze we quickly established that Suleyman was a member of “Batono” Abashidze's personal militia, but not a policeman per se”

“What she meant was, It's not a baby per se. It's a He-bean (she was already certain the bean was a boy).”

“He sells a story, flirts with a waitress, looks handsome, has writer's block, and feels sorry for himself, but it's not a story about the Depression per se: it could be set in any time period, almost anywhere.”

“There is no legal federal framework yet for how to regulate stablecoins per se.”

“Everything not applying per se in one of these two senses is called an accident.”

“Peter is per se alive, endowed with intellect, and the faculty of laughter, the artist is per se one who fashions objects. But Peter is per accidens a sufferer from influenza”

“Thus, unless there exists some being that exists per se, the origination of esse in a chain of composites itself remains unexplained and quite mysterious. And the existence of a being that exists per se is affirmed through a denial of an infinite regress of essence-esse composites causing other such composites.”

“Aquinas rejects this position, because then God would not be per se necessary, but would be necessitated by his own divine nature to create. Hence to be per se necessary, God must be free to create.”

“The law makes drunk driving illegal per se.”

“In an effort to assist states that may have recently adopted or expect to adopt administrative per se, NHTSA has collected sample copies of forms and a brief description of the administrative procedures from selected states with in-place programs.”

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