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[ noun ] the existing state of affairs
Used in print (R. F. Shaw, "The `Private Eye`"...)Their dedication to the status_quo has been affirmed at the expense of the fascinating but dangerous individualism of a Sherlock_Holmes . That society responds by condemning the private_eye as a threat to the status_quo , a potential criminal . (Kenneth Reiner, "Coping with Runaway Technology"...)But while the corporation has all the disadvantages of the socialist form of organization ( so cumbersome it cannot constructively do much of anything not compatible with its need to perpetuate itself and maintain its status_quo ) , unluckily it does not have the desirable aspect of socialism , the motivation to operate for the benefit of society as_a_whole . Related terms |
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