as such

prepositional phrase

In the role or manner of the thing mentioned.

“Money as such is not the root of evil.”

Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. In the role or manner of the thing mentioned.

    This is a valuable artefact and should be treated as such.

  2. usuallyIn a true or literal sense.

    I don't have a library as such, but I do have quite a large collection of books.

  3. Per se, by itself, in itself, in and of itself.

    Money as such is not the root of evil.

    5 more examples

    Nietzsche was well aware of this meta-ethical question, which in the above cited aphorism he calls: “The problem of morality itself.” It is implicitly answered in his explicative attitude towards morality as such.

    2012, Y. Yovel, Nietzsche as Affirmative Thinker, →ISBN

    The nature of an entity, a medieval would have said, is what-it-is-as-such. An entity does not have a certain nature in the way it has a certain property. It is a certain nature. If an entity is something as such, then it is a certain nature.

    2012, K.J. Clark, Our Knowledge of God: Essays on Natural and Philosophical Theology, →ISBN

    For only in this way is it possible to uncover the psychical as such in a truly original and concrete manner.

    2012 -, J.J. Kockelmans, Phenomenological Psychology: The Dutch School, →ISBN, page 13

    Although wisdom as such, courage as such, understanding as such, existence as such, and so on can readily be conceived of (but not imagined), there are no entities corresponding to those conceptions: there are only instances of wisdom, courage, and so on.

    2014, Elmar J. Kremer, Analysis of Existing: Barry Miller's Approach to God, →ISBN, page 31

    We were encouraged to continue this work when, in a comparison among the strategies studied within the framework of MIME as regards costs, user independence, linguistic accuracy, and inclusion, we found that some of the labels seemed to fit for English as a lingua franca, but not for Esperanto and could therefore not be verified as characteristics of a lingua franca as such.

    2022, Sabine Fiedler, Cyril Robert Brosch, “A note to the reader”, in Esperanto – Lingua Franca and Language Community, John Benjamins Publishing Company, →DOI, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OL, page xix
  4. Being as previously mentioned or described.

    I'm a mother of four young children; as such, I'm always rushed off my feet.

Synonyms & antonyms

Translations

French en tant que tel, comme tel
  • en tant que telin the role or manner of the thing mentioned
  • comme telin the role or manner of the thing mentioned
  • en tant que telin a true or literal sense
  • en tant que telbeing as previously mentioned
German als solches, im eigentlichen Sinne
  • als solchesin the role or manner of the thing mentioned
  • im eigentlichen Sinnein a true or literal sense
  • als solcherbeing as previously mentioned
  • als solchebeing as previously mentioned
Italian in quanto tale
  • in quanto talein the role or manner of the thing mentioned
Portuguese como tal, propriamente dito
  • como talin the role or manner of the thing mentioned
  • propriamente ditoin a true or literal sense
  • como talbeing as previously mentioned
Romanian ca atare, ca atare
  • ca atarein the role or manner of the thing mentioned
  • ca atarebeing as previously mentioned
Spanish como tal
  • como talin the role or manner of the thing mentioned
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APA

as such. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/as%20such

MLA

“as such.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/as%20such. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “as such,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/as%20such.

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