per se

Meaning

Adv

1. Without determination by or involvement of extraneous factors; by its very nature.
2. In a true or literal sense; as one would expect from the name or description.
3. As the principle of its own determination and positing itself.
4. Not leaving discretion to the judge to take into account additional factors that could rebut the judgment, deriving the qualification from the statute.

Adj

1. Positing itself and being a principle of its own determination.
2. That does not leave discretion to the judge to take into account additional factors that could rebut the judgment, deriving the qualification from the statute.

Synonyms

intrinsically

as such

in and of itself

fundamentally

inherently

internally

itself

naturally

organically

originally

par excellence

plainly

alone

in itself

by oneself

essentially

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pəˈseɪ/

Etymology

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