Search Result for "modus vivendi":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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;
[syn: life style, life-style, lifestyle, modus vivendi]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Modus vivendi \Mo"dus vi*ven"di\ [L.] Mode, or manner, of living; hence, a temporary arrangement of affairs until disputed matters can be settled. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

modus vivendi n 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 [syn: life style, life-style, lifestyle, modus vivendi]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

72 Moby Thesaurus words for "modus vivendi": Pax Dei, Pax Romana, Peace of God, action, actions, activity, acts, address, affectation, air, armistice, bearing, behavior, behavior pattern, behavioral norm, behavioral science, breathing spell, buffer zone, carriage, cease-fire, comportment, conduct, cooling-off period, culture pattern, custom, demeanor, demilitarized zone, deportment, doing, doings, folkway, gestures, goings-on, guise, hollow truce, maintien, manner, manners, method, methodology, methods, mien, motions, movements, moves, neutral territory, observable behavior, pacification, pattern, pax in bello, peace, poise, port, pose, posture, practice, praxis, presence, procedure, proceeding, social science, stand-down, style, suspension of hostilities, tactics, temporary arrangement, tone, treaty of peace, truce, way, way of life, ways