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status in quo

status in quo is the alternative form of status quo.

Meaning of status quo

Noun

status quo (plural status quos or (rare) statuses quo or (rare, hypercorrect) stati quo)

  1. The state of things; the way things are, as opposed to the way they could be; the existing state of affairs.
    • “As a black woman,” Jemisin tells me, “I have no particular interest in maintaining the status quo. Why would I? The status quo is harmful, the status quo is significantly racist and sexist and a whole bunch of other things that I think need to change. With epic fantasy there is a tendency for it...2015 July 27, Noah Berlatsky, “NK Jemisin: the fantasy writer upending the 'racist and sexist status quo'”, in The Guardian

Forms of status in quo

pluralstatus in quos

Questions about status in quo

What is status in quo the alternative form of?
Status in quo is the alternative form of status quo.

Words near status in quo in the dictionary

  1. status effect
  2. status effects
  3. status epilepticus
  4. status group
  5. status groups
  6. status in quo
  7. status in quos
  8. status Indian
  9. status Indians
  10. status line
  11. status lines

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