per se

Etymology
, from and.

Adverb

 * 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.
 * , anonymous conversationalists, quoted in, 1998, Tom Chiarella, Writing Dialogue, Story Press, ISBN 9781884910326, page 12:
 * I take photographs. But I'm not a photographer.
 * Per se.
 * Right. Not per se.
 * Right.
 * 1)  As the principle of its own determination and positing itself.
 * 2)  Not leaving discretion to the judge to take into account additional factors that could rebut the judgment, deriving the qualification from the statute.
 * , anonymous conversationalists, quoted in, 1998, Tom Chiarella, Writing Dialogue, Story Press, ISBN 9781884910326, page 12:
 * I take photographs. But I'm not a photographer.
 * Per se.
 * Right. Not per se.
 * Right.
 * 1)  As the principle of its own determination and positing itself.
 * 2)  Not leaving discretion to the judge to take into account additional factors that could rebut the judgment, deriving the qualification from the statute.
 * 1)  As the principle of its own determination and positing itself.
 * 2)  Not leaving discretion to the judge to take into account additional factors that could rebut the judgment, deriving the qualification from the statute.
 * 1)  As the principle of its own determination and positing itself.
 * 2)  Not leaving discretion to the judge to take into account additional factors that could rebut the judgment, deriving the qualification from the statute.
 * 1)  As the principle of its own determination and positing itself.
 * 2)  Not leaving discretion to the judge to take into account additional factors that could rebut the judgment, deriving the qualification from the statute.
 * 1)  As the principle of its own determination and positing itself.
 * 2)  Not leaving discretion to the judge to take into account additional factors that could rebut the judgment, deriving the qualification from the statute.
 * 1)  Not leaving discretion to the judge to take into account additional factors that could rebut the judgment, deriving the qualification from the statute.
 * 1)  Not leaving discretion to the judge to take into account additional factors that could rebut the judgment, deriving the qualification from the statute.
 * 1)  Not leaving discretion to the judge to take into account additional factors that could rebut the judgment, deriving the qualification from the statute.
 * 1)  Not leaving discretion to the judge to take into account additional factors that could rebut the judgment, deriving the qualification from the statute.

Usage notes

 * Because this is originally a Latin phrase, it is sometimes italicized when it is written.


 * Increasingly misspelled by English speakers as per say or persay.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: jako takový, (samo) o sobě, samo sebou
 * Danish: i sig selv, som sådan, per se
 * Dutch: op zich,, an sich
 * Esperanto: per si mem
 * Estonian: iseseisvalt
 * Finnish:, pohjimmiltaan, itsessään
 * French:, ,
 * Georgian: როგორც ასეთი
 * German:, , als solches
 * Greek: ως έχει,, εξ' ορισμού
 * Hebrew: כשלעצמו
 * Hungarian: mint olyan
 * Icelandic: í sjálfu sér, út af fyrir sig
 * Italian: di per se
 * Japanese: それ自体
 * Macedonian: сам по себе
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: i seg selv, som sådan
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:, sam z siebie
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: în sine
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish: bizahiti
 * Ukrainian: сам по собі́, по су́ті, як такий


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: sellaisenaan, varsinaisesti
 * German: entsprechend seinem Namen, bezeichnungsgemäß, als solches

Adjective

 * 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.
 * 1)  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.
 * 1)  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.
 * 1)  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.
 * 1)  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.

Etymology
From, from and.

Adverb

 * 1) necessarily, absolutely, without fail
 * 2)  per se

Usage notes
The ‘necessity’ meaning is the usual one; the original Latin meaning as in English is rarely used and can be misunderstood.

Etymology
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Adverb

 * 1)  without considering extraneous factors