Raison d'être is a French expression commonly used in English, meaning "reason for being" or "reason to be". Raison d'être may refer to:

Music

* Raison d'être (band), a Swedish dark-ambient-industrial-drone music project * ''Raison D'être'' (album), an album by Australian jazz fusion guitarist Frank Gambale

Songs

* "Raison d'etre", a song by

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from the album ''Abyss'' * "raison detre", a song by Japanese rock band Dir En Grey on the album ''

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'' * "Raison d'etre", a song by Japanese rock band

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used as opening theme of the anime ''Claymore'' * "Raison d'être", a song used as the ending theme of the Chobits anime by Japanese singer and voice actress

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* "Raison d'etre", a song by British rock band Buzzcocks from the album ''

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'' * "Raison d'être～交差する宿命～", a song by Tomosuke Funaki under the alias Zektbach for the arcade game ''beatmania IIDX 17: Sirius'' * "Raison d'être~レーゾンデートル~", a song by Japanese singer

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from the album ''Smile''

Other

* Raison d'être, an American Ale brewed by

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