adverb
as; as being; in the character or capacity of: The work of art qua art can be judged by aesthetic criteria only.
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qua (kweɪ, kwɑː) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —prep | |
| in the capacity of; by virtue of being | |
| [C17: from Latin, ablative singular (feminine) of qui who] | |
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Qua
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Word Origin & History
qua
"as, in the capacity of," 1647, from L. qua, abl. sing. fem. of qui "who," from PIE *kwo-, stem of relative and interrogative pronouns (cf. O.E. hwa "who," hwæt "what;" Goth. hvas "who;" Gk. posos "how much?").
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Example sentences
Keeping one's money actually could be said to be the sine qua non for life, liberty, and happiness.
Health, by definition, is the sine qua non of everything else.
But this film unfolds in an uncommonly sweet, harmonious climate, one in which rude remarks are the sine qua non of friendship.
Such a capacity is a sine qua non of all serious art.
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