as such

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1. 1

   In the role or manner of the thing mentioned.

   • This is a valuable artefact and should be treated as such.
2. 2

   In a true or literal sense.

   • I don't have a library as such, but I do have quite a large collection of books.
3. 3

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

   • Money as such is not the root of evil.
   • 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.
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   1. 4

      Being as previously mentioned or described.

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

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