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.
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Origin of Per Se

  • From Latin per se (“by itself"), from per (“by, through") and se (“itself, himself, herself, themselves").

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin per sē per per sē itself

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Per Se Sentence Examples

  • The three find no treasure per se but Joe retrieves some old parchment which was worth a lot more than it appears to.

  • It must be noted, however, that potential is a mere mathematical concept, and has no objective existence like difference of level, nor is it capable per se of producing physical changes in bodies, such as those which are brought about by rise of temperature, apart from any question of difference of temperature.

  • Of course, mystery shoppers are not real shoppers per se.

  • All cats are fostered; there is not a central shelter per se.

  • All of our investigations are not scientific, per se.

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