"raison d'êtres" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1990, Krishna Kumar, \"Hindu Revivalism and Education in North-Central India,\" Social Scientist, Vol. 18, No. 10, Oct. 1990, JSTOR, pg. 4",
          "text": "Dissatisfaction with colonial education gave revivalism one of its raison d'êtres."
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