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Cause c??re

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A cause c??re is a legal or social issue or debate, usually one with scandalous overtones. The French phrase (literally meaning "celebrated case") often carries a connotation that the "scandal" need not have seemed so scandalous in a rational and enlightened society...

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'cause celebre' is translated as 'famous cause', not 'celebrated case'