per-se

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Adverbial per-se has 1 sense

intrinsically, per se, as such, in and of itself - with respect to its inherent nature; "this statement is interesting per se"

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per se

Adverb:

Used to emphasize that something is being considered on its own merits, independently of other things.

He was not a criminal per se, but his actions were questionable.
The book itself is not valuable per se, but the illustrations make it worth buying.

Noun:

An expression meaning "in itself" or "as such".

The saying "I know that I know nothing" is a famous example of per se.

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