Building your vocabulary through The Hindu Word#1 of the day: Raison d’ être ‘This is natural since the converse would lead to an absurd proposition where the mere existence of a law creates reason to defer to Parliament thereby rendering futile the raison d’ être of a Court as a counter-majoritarian institution.’ [The sentence given above has been taken from The Hindu (dated: Dec 16, 2013)]. ‘Raison d’ être’ is a French phrase, which means the most important reason for somebody’s or something’s existence. An English phrase that can be used interchangeably is ‘be-all and end-all (of something)’. It means the most important part. For example: Her career is the be-all and end-all of her existence.
Posted on: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 08:30:00 +0000
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