Per Se Definition
pər sā, sē
adverb
By (or in) itself; intrinsically.
Webster's New World
By or through itself. Standing alone; on its own merits; without need for reference to outside facts. The opposite of per quod.
Webster's New World Law
Per se is defined as by itself.
An example of per se is "It's not the attitude by itself that bothered me."
YourDictionary
By itself; without consideration of extraneous factors.
The law makes drunk driving illegal per se.
Wiktionary
(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.
Wiktionary
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