per se

See also: perse and Perse

English

Borrowed from Latin per sē (“by itself”), from per (“by, through”) and sē (“itself, himself, herself, themselves”).

per se (not comparable)

necessarily
In and of itself; by itself; without consideration of extraneous factors.
As your substitute teacher, my issue is not about your respect for me per se, but to see that you are not causing disruptions for other students or giving me a bad impression of yourself.
(chiefly in negative polarity environments) As such; as one would expect from the name.
Well, that's not correct per se, but the situation is something like that.
(law) Not leaving discretion to the judge to take into account additional factors that could rebut the judgment, deriving the qualification from the statute.
The law makes drunk driving illegal per se.
- 1981, Hugh Laurence Ross, Deterrence of the Drinking Driver: An International Survey‎, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Transportation, page 80:
  Until recently Denmark hesitated to adopt a formal per se law, preferring to give more discretion to its judges, but the general practice was to take blood tests and to convict those accused under the classical law if the blood alcohol concentration was greater than 100 mg./100 ml.

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

necessarily — see necessarily

by itself

Armenian: ինքնին (hy) (inkʿnin)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 本身 (zh) (běnshēn), 仅就……而言 (zh) (jǐn jiù...éryán)
Czech: (samo) o sobě, samo sebou
Danish: i sig selv, som sådan, per se
Dutch: op zich, per se (nl), an sich
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: iseseisvalt
Finnish: sinänsä (fi), pohjimmiltaan, itsessään
French: en soi (fr), per se (fr), en tant que tel m
Georgian: როგორც ასეთი (rogorc aseti)
German: per se (de), an sich (de)
Greek: ως έχει (os échei), καθεαυτού (el) (katheaftoú), εξ' ορισμού (ex' orismoú)
Hebrew: כשלעצמו‎ (kshe-le-ats-mo)

as such; as one would expect from the name

From Latin per sē (“by itself”), from per (“by, through”) and sē (“itself, himself, herself, themselves”).

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

per se (not comparable)

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