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status quo

[ kwoh ]

noun

  1. the existing state or condition.


status quo

/ kwəʊ /

noun

  1. the status quo
    the existing state of affairs
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status quo

  1. The existing order of things; present customs, practices, and power relations: “People with money are often content with the status quo.” From Latin , meaning “the state in which.”


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Word History and Origins

Origin of status quo1

First recorded in 1825–35, status quo is from Latin status quō literally, “state in which”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of status quo1

literally: the state in which
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Idioms and Phrases

The existing condition or state of affairs, as in We don't want to admit more singers to the chorus; we like the status quo . This term, Latin for “state in which,” has been used in English since the early 1800s.
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Example Sentences

When the problem is already political, when the intolerable situation is the status quo?

Defenders of the status quo claim the old rules protect consumers.

Nothing,” Klein notes, “was more threatening to the education status quo in New York City than our charter school initiative.

This is why “originalism” is so beloved of cultural conservatives: All it really means is “keep the status quo.”

This sick status quo is a result of the rigged system of redistricting.

Could we be unfederated to-morrow, the status quo ante would be restored the day after, beyond the shadow of a doubt.

In these circumstances the British representatives were lucky to secure peace on the basis of the status quo ante.

The sphinx is mobility itself compared with Mrs. Wilson's intense preservation of her status quo.

It might have been unsafe to indulge in speculation, based on the then status quo, as to when the inevitable was going to happen.

Rather, if anything, it pointed to a gradual resumption of his status quo of a few days ago.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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