English Explanatory Dictionary

per se

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/pəˈseɪ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-per se.wav /pɚˈseɪ/ /pɚˈsiː/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-per se.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-per se.wav /pəˈsæɪ/

Word forms

per se

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin per sē (“by itself”), from per (“by, through”) and sē (“itself, himself, herself, themselves”).

Synonyms

by itself in itself in and of itself as such sui generis by definition by nature essentially in essence ipso facto intrinsically inherently innately naturally per se exactly strictly speaking sensu stricto stricto sensu truly

Derived words

ampersand A-per-se negligence per se

Translations

Armenian: ինքնին Chinese Mandarin: 本身 Chinese Mandarin: 仅就……而言 Czech: jako takový Czech: (samo) o sobě Czech: samo sebou Danish: i sig selv Danish: som sådan Danish: per se Dutch: op zich Dutch: per se Dutch: an sich Esperanto: per si mem Estonian: iseseisvalt Finnish: sinänsä Finnish: pohjimmiltaan Finnish: itsessään French: en soi French: per se French: en tant que tel Georgian: როგორც ასეთი German: per se German: an sich German: als solches Greek: ως έχει Greek: καθεαυτού Greek: εξ’ ορισμού Hebrew: כשלעצמו Hungarian: mint olyan Icelandic: í sjálfu sér Icelandic: út af fyrir sig Italian: di per se Italian: in sé Japanese: それ自体 Macedonian: сам по себе Norwegian Bokmål: i seg selv Norwegian Bokmål: som sådan Persian: به خودی خود Persian: فینفسه Polish: per se Polish: sam z siebie Portuguese: em si Portuguese: per se Romanian: în sine Russian: сам по себе́ Spanish: per se Swedish: i sig Swedish: per se Turkish: bizahiti Ukrainian: сам по собі́ Ukrainian: по су́ті Ukrainian: як такий
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