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Modus vivendi   /mˈoʊdəs vɪvˈɛndi/   Listen
Modus vivendi

noun
1.
A temporary accommodation of a disagreement between parties pending a permanent settlement.
2.
A manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes.  Synonyms: life-style, life style, lifestyle.





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"Modus vivendi" Quotes from Famous Books



... do not wish? You have no right to wish, or not to wish. You must live as it happens you, and as is needed. As to conversations and serious theatrical scenes, I want none of them—I, who have not lost the right to wish. I am silent, and I will enforce silence. That is, and will always be, our modus vivendi, which, moreover, should be for you the easiest thing in the world to preserve. You have everything: a high position, luxury, brilliancy, even the love of your children as it seems. You ...
— The Argonauts • Eliza Orzeszko (AKA Orzeszkowa)


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