OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 30288

modus vivendi

/ˌməʊdəs vɪˈvɛndiː/
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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.
One would almost have supposed Henchard to have had policy to see that no better modus vivendi could be arrived at with Farfrae than by encouraging him to become his son-in-law.
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 p…
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