status quo en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌsteɪ.təs ˈkwəʊ/ (UK)
- /ˌstæt.əs ˈkwoʊ/ (Canada, US)
- (Southern-England) audio
- [ˌstæɾ.əs ˈkwoʊ] (Canada, US)
- [ˌsteɪ.ɾəs ˈkwoʊ] (US)
- /ˌsteɪ.təs ˈkwoʊ/ (US)
- (Canada) audio
Etymology
From Latin status (“state”) (sometimes used in the ablative statū) + quō (“in which”), the ablative of quī (“which”).
Meanings
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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 to be quintessentially conservative, in that its job is to restore what is perceived to be out of whack.”
2015 July 27, Noah Berlatsky, “NK Jemisin: the fantasy writer upending the 'racist and sexist status quo'”, in The Guardian:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| statuses quo | Number=Plur | rare | lexicographic |
| status quos | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| status in quo | alternative | lexicographic | |
| stati quo | Number=Plur | hypercorrect, rare | lexicographic |
| statu quo | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
in statu quo · status quo warrior · statu-quo-ite · status in quo · status quo ante bellum · status quo ante
Translations (42)
ms status quo (the state of things) · nl status quo (the state of things) · es statu quo (the state of things) · eo ĝisnuna stato (the state of things) · fi status quo (the state of things) · fi vallitseva tila (the state of things) · da status quo (the state of things) · tl kairalan (the state of things) · km ស្ថានភាពនៅដដែល (the state of things) · tr statüko (the state of things) · el καθεστώς (the state of things) · es status quo (the state of things) · id status quo (the state of things) · de Ausgangslage (the state of things) · ru ста́тус-кво (the state of things) · de Status quo (the state of things) · fr statuquo (the state of things) · uk ста́тус-кво́ (the state of things) · nb status quo (the state of things) · fa وضع موجود (the state of things) · fi nykyinen tilanne (the state of things) · sah статус-кво (the state of things) · io nuna stando (the state of things) · el στάτους κβο (the state of things) · ar الوَضْع الرَاهِن (the state of things) · pt statu quo (the state of things) · he סטטוס קוו (the state of things) · eo antaŭstato (the state of things) · de Ausgangszustand (the state of things) · pt status quo (the state of things) · ro statu-quo (the state of things) · cmn 現狀 /现状 (the state of things) · bg стату́кво (the state of things) · fr statu quo (the state of things) · pl status quo (the state of things) · az status-kvo (the state of things) · ja 現状 (the state of things) · hy ստատուս քվո (the state of things) · sv status quo (the state of things) · fa وضع فعلی (the state of things) · nn status quo (the state of things) · it status quo (the state of things)