Synonyms for status quo
kwoʊsta·tus quo

Princeton's WordNet

1. status quonoun

   the existing state of affairs

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1. • Situation

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1. Joe Biden:

   I know I get criticized for saying we can unite the country, but ladies and gentlemen, I refuse to accept the status quo. The status quo of this miserable, ugly politics we have today guarantees we'll continue to do the same.

2. Federica Mogherini:

   One thing is clear to everyone in the region, that the status quo is not an option.

3. Eric Lustbader:

   Men make the mistake of thinking that because women can't see the sense in violence, they must be passive creatures. It's just not true. In one important way, at least, men are the passive sex. Given a choice, they will always opt for the status quo. They hate change of any kind, and they fight against it constantly. On the other hand, what women want is stability, which when you stop to think about it is a very different animal.

4. William Jefferson Clinton:

   I have news for the forces of greed and the defenders of the status quo your time has come -- and gone. It's time for change in America.

5. Paul Weyrich:

   We are different from previous generations of conservatives. We are no longer working to preserve the status quo. We are radicals, working to overturn the present power structure of this country.