is a French expression commonly used in English, meaning "reason for being" or "reason to be."
''Raison d'être'' may refer to:
Music
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Raison d'être (band)
Peter Andersson (born March 20, 1973, in Boxholm, Sweden) is a music composer within the Ambient music, ambient, Noise music, noise, Industrial music, industrial, Electronic music, electronic and Experimental music, experimental genre. His interes ...
, 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
Asriel from the album ''Abyss''
* "raison detre", a song by Japanese rock band Dir En Grey on the album ''
Gauze
Gauze is a thin, translucent Textile, fabric with a wikt:loose, loose open Weaving, weave. In technical terms, "gauze" is a weave structure in which the weft yarns are arranged in pairs and are crossed before and after each Warp (weaving), w ...
''
* "Raison d'etre", a song by Japanese rock band
Nightmare
A nightmare, also known as a bad dream, Retrieved 11 July 2016. is an unpleasant dream that can cause a strong emotional response from the mind, typically fear but also despair, anxiety, disgust or sadness. The dream may contain situations o ...
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
Rie Tanaka
is a Japanese voice actress and singer. Notable among her numerous roles in anime are Lacus Clyne in '' Mobile Suit Gundam Seed'' and '' Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny'', Chi in '' Chobits'', Hikari Kujou/Shiny Luminous in '' Futari wa Pre ...
* "Raison d'etre", a song by British rock band Buzzcocks from the album ''
A Different Kind of Tension''
* "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
Eve
Eve is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. According to the origin story, "Creation myths are symbolic stories describing how the universe and its inhabitants came to be. Creation myths develop through oral traditions and there ...
from the album ''Smile''
Other
* Raison d'être, an American Ale brewed by
Dogfish Head
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