status quo

Definitions

The state of things; the way things are, as opposed to the way they could be; the existing state of affairs.

Equivalents

Examples

““As a black woman,” Jemisin tells me, “I have⟳ no particular interest⟳ in maintaining the status quo. Why would I? The status quo is harmful, the status quo is significantly racist and sexist and a whole bunch of other things that I think⟳ need⟳ to change⟳. With epic fantasy there is a tendency for it to be quintessentially conservative, in that its job is to restore⟳ what is perceived to be out of whack.””

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