the existing state of affairs (at a particular time)
also status in quo
Origin of status quo
L, literally , the state in which
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.
The definition of status quo is the current political or social conditions.
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status quo
noun
The existing condition or state of affairs.
Origin of status quo
Latin status quō state in which status state quō in which ablative of quī whichTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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status quo - Legal Definition
n
Latin
The situation as it
currently exists.
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Sentence Examples
- There is no desire to change the current status quo.
- Student movements have always risen up against the religious and political status quo.
- For them the movement is giving voice to a social discontent with the social status quo.
- But time and again they unite to defend the status quo and to seek to limit progressive reform.
- The attitude engendered by the status quo is revealed in the opinions of the existing landowning interests referred to above.
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