ceteris paribus

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   all other things being equal

Questions about ceteris paribus

What does ceteris paribus mean?

ceteris paribus means "all other things being equal".

Is ceteris paribus a common word?

ceteris paribus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.