modus vivendi

Questions about modus vivendi

What does modus vivendi mean?

modus vivendi means "a temporary accommodation of a disagreement between parties pending a permanent settlement". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for modus vivendi?

Close synonyms include life style, life-style, lifestyle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is modus vivendi a common word?

modus vivendi is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.