status quo

原状,现状

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
status quo (noun)
the existing state of affairs - seeks to preserve the status quo
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
status quo (noun)
the state or fact of being the way things usually are
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
abnormality
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