Qua
preposition
As; in the role of.
He is known qua teacher not as a singer
Often appears as...
- qua example
- qua function
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Formal
Academic
adverb
In so far as; as far as.
I told them qua a friend, not as a manager.
Often appears as...
- qua in
- qua as
Usage tips
Formal
preposition
As; in the role of.
He is known qua teacher not as a singer
Often appears as...
- qua example
- qua function
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
adverb
In so far as; as far as.
I told them qua a friend, not as a manager.
Often appears as...
- qua in
- qua as
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Role Identification
Use 'qua' to clarify the capacity or role someone has in a situation.
She participated in the discussion qua expert, not merely as an observer.
Pro Tip 2/3Strict Separation
'Qua' emphasizes a distinct aspect of an individual or thing, separating roles sharply.
Qua author, his words carry weight; qua celebrity, much less so.
Pro Tip 3/3Academic Flavor
'Qua' often appears in academic or formal discussions to sound precise.
Qua historian, she provides a unique perspective on this issue.
Pro Tip 1/3Role Identification
Use 'qua' to clarify the capacity or role someone has in a situation.
She participated in the discussion qua expert, not merely as an observer.
Pro Tip 2/3Strict Separation
'Qua' emphasizes a distinct aspect of an individual or thing, separating roles sharply.
Qua author, his words carry weight; qua celebrity, much less so.
Pro Tip 3/3Academic Flavor
'Qua' often appears in academic or formal discussions to sound precise.
Qua historian, she provides a unique perspective on this issue.
Pro Tip 1/3Role Identification
Use 'qua' to clarify the capacity or role someone has in a situation.
She participated in the discussion qua expert, not merely as an observer.
Pro Tip 2/3Strict Separation
'Qua' emphasizes a distinct aspect of an individual or thing, separating roles sharply.
Qua author, his words carry weight; qua celebrity, much less so.
Pro Tip 3/3Academic Flavor
'Qua' often appears in academic or formal discussions to sound precise.
Qua historian, she provides a unique perspective on this issue.
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Video examples
Don Tapscott: Four...
and trust is a sine qua non of this new network world. So this is good. It's not bad. Sunlight is the best disinfectant. And we need a lot of sunlight in this troubled world. Now, the third meaning and corresponding principle of openness is about sharing. Now this is different than transparency.
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Telling the Story: 125...
who are involved with thinking very much upfront about how are we going to carry this story out well let's give it let's put it on the ground and give an example I sent qua Minh an email about two months ago and he wrote back right away and said I have kind of a spotty
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What's wrong with our...
the hospital I know now I know definitely which one I would choose I want you to know that there are farms out there I built here and so qua Chico's farms in Tennessee whose cows do
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Don Tapscott: Four...
and trust is a sine qua non of this new network world. So this is good. It's not bad. Sunlight is the best disinfectant. And we need a lot of sunlight in this troubled world. Now, the third meaning and corresponding principle of openness is about sharing. Now this is different than transparency.
Video examples
Telling the Story: 125...
who are involved with thinking very much upfront about how are we going to carry this story out well let's give it let's put it on the ground and give an example I sent qua Minh an email about two months ago and he wrote back right away and said I have kind of a spotty
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What's wrong with our...
the hospital I know now I know definitely which one I would choose I want you to know that there are farms out there I built here and so qua Chico's farms in Tennessee whose cows do
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Quote examples
Will Self
English Author
Television is the same as the telephone, and the same as the World Wide Web for that matter. People who become obsessed by the peculiarities of these communications media have simply failed to adjust to the shock of the old. People who bleat on about the 'artistic' potential of television qua television are equally deluded.
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Benjamin Whorf
American Scientist
But in due course it became evident that not only a physical situation qua physics, but the meaning of that situation to people, was sometimes a factor, through the behavior of people, in the start of a fire.
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Lev Grossman
American Novelist
Hating a book is not unlike hating a person; in fact it's tempting to just go ahead and hate the author personally, by proxy, qua human being, except that I know that would be a mistake.
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Louis MacNeice
British Poet
Mysticism, in the narrow sense, implies a specific experience which is foreign to most poets and most men, but on the other hand, it represents an instinct which is a human sine qua non.
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Aristotle
Greek Philosopher
Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves.
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Stephen Ambrose
American Historian
Winning the Revolutionary War, or the Civil War, or World War II were the turning points in our history, the sine qua non of our forward progress.
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Warren Bennis
American Writer
Taking charge of your own learning is a part of taking charge of your life, which is the sine qua non in becoming an integrated person.
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Janet Malcolm
American Writer
Fidelity to the subject's thought and to his characteristic way of expressing himself is the sine qua non of journalistic quotation.
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Arthur Laffer
American Economist
Sound money is the sine qua non of a prosperous society.
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Robert A. Heinlein
American Writer
For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.
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Will Self
English Author
Television is the same as the telephone, and the same as the World Wide Web for that matter. People who become obsessed by the peculiarities of these communications media have simply failed to adjust to the shock of the old. People who bleat on about the 'artistic' potential of television qua television are equally deluded.
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Benjamin Whorf
American Scientist
But in due course it became evident that not only a physical situation qua physics, but the meaning of that situation to people, was sometimes a factor, through the behavior of people, in the start of a fire.
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Lev Grossman
American Novelist
Hating a book is not unlike hating a person; in fact it's tempting to just go ahead and hate the author personally, by proxy, qua human being, except that I know that would be a mistake.
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Louis MacNeice
British Poet
Mysticism, in the narrow sense, implies a specific experience which is foreign to most poets and most men, but on the other hand, it represents an instinct which is a human sine qua non.
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Aristotle
Greek Philosopher
Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves.
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Stephen Ambrose
American Historian
Winning the Revolutionary War, or the Civil War, or World War II were the turning points in our history, the sine qua non of our forward progress.
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Warren Bennis
American Writer
Taking charge of your own learning is a part of taking charge of your life, which is the sine qua non in becoming an integrated person.
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Janet Malcolm
American Writer
Fidelity to the subject's thought and to his characteristic way of expressing himself is the sine qua non of journalistic quotation.
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Arthur Laffer
American Economist
Sound money is the sine qua non of a prosperous society.
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Robert A. Heinlein
American Writer
For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.
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