"in and of itself" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: en-au-in and of itself.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} in and of itself, {{en-PP}} in and of itself
  1. by itself; with respect to its intrinsic or inherent nature without consideration of extraneous factors; per se, intrinsically, inherently Synonyms: per se Related terms: in and of themselves, ipso facto Translations (Translations): i og for sig (Danish), en soi (French), an und für sich (German), an sich (German), i og for seg (Norwegian Bokmål), sam w sobie (Polish), în sine (Romanian), en sí (Spanish)

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