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单词 status quo
释义

status quo

noun

-ˈkwō How to pronounce status quo (audio)
: the existing state of affairs
seeks to preserve the status quo

Synonyms

  • normalcy
  • normality
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Example Sentences

He is content with the status quo and does not like change. civic leaders who are afraid to do anything that might change the town's status quo
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Word History

Etymology

Latin, state in which

First Known Use

1719, in the meaning defined above

Legal Definition

status quo

noun

-ˈkwō How to pronounce status quo (audio)
: the existing state of affairs
specifically : the last actual and uncontested state of affairs that preceded a controversy and that is to be preserved by preliminary injunction compare status quo ante

History and Etymology for status quo

Latin, state in which

status quo

noun

as in normality
the state or fact of being the way things usually are civic leaders who are afraid to do anything that might change the town's status quo

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • normality
  • normalcy
  • routine
  • prevalence
  • currency
  • peace
  • rut
  • groove
  • harmony
  • conventionality
  • orderliness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • abnormality
  • irregularity
  • unusualness
  • disruption
  • uncommonness
  • disruptiveness
  • disturbance
  • deviance
  • disorderliness
  • anomalousness
  • exceptionalness
  • unconventionality
  • extraordinariness
  • remarkableness
  • noteworthiness
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