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status quo
status quo
noun
Definition of STATUS QUO
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 normalcy, status quo
Related Words groove, routine, rut; currency, prevalence; conventionality; harmony, orderliness, peace
Near Antonyms irregularity, uncommonness, unusualness; disorderliness, disruptiveness; disruption, disturbance; anomalousness, deviance; exceptionalness, extraordinariness, noteworthiness, remarkableness; unconventionality
Antonyms abnormality
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