modus vivendi
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˌməʊdəs vɪˈvɛndiː/
modus vivendi
- A way of living, especially a working arrangement to allow for peaceful coexistence between two parties in spite of differences or unresolved disputes. [from 19th c.]
- 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, The Whisperer in Darkness, chapter 5:
- The alien beings desire to know mankind more fully, and to have a few of mankind’s philosophic and scientific leaders know more about them. With such an exchange of knowledge all perils will pass, and a satisfactory modus vivendi be established.
- 2009, Karen Armstrong, The Case for God, Vintage 2010, p. 53:
- The Persians were reviewing the legal systems of the subject peoples to make sure that they were compatible with imperial security, and Ezra had probably worked out a satisfactory modus vivendi between Mosaic and Persian jurisprudence.
- 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, The Whisperer in Darkness, chapter 5:
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