status quo

The definition of status quo is the current political or social conditions.

(noun)

An example of status quo is that the U.S. government is in debt.
An example of status quo isthe common sense of a period of time.
An example of status quo is the economic conditions of a particular class at a particular period of history.

See status quo in Webster's New World College Dictionary

the existing state of affairs (at a particular time)

Origin: L, lit., the state in which

See status quo in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The existing condition or state of affairs.

Origin:

Origin: Latin status quō, state in which

Origin: : status, state

Origin: + quō, in which

Origin: , ablative of quī, which

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