ceteris paribusn.
/ˌsiːtərᵻs ˈparᵻbᵿs/, /ˌkeɪtərᵻs ˈparᵻbᵿs/, /ˌsɛtərᵻs ˈparᵻbᵿs/, /ˌkɛtərᵻs ˈparᵻbᵿs/, /ˌsiːtərᵻs ˈpɑːrᵻbᵿs/, /ˌkeɪtərᵻs ˈpɑːrᵻbᵿs/, /ˌsɛtərᵻs ˈpɑːrᵻbᵿs/, /ˌkɛtərᵻs ˈpɑːrᵻbᵿs/, U.S. /ˈˌkeɪdərəs ˈpɛrəbəs/, /ˈˌkɛdərəs ˈpɛrəbəs/, /ˈˌsɛdərəs ˈpɛrəbəs/, /ˈˌseɪdərəs ˈpɛrəbəs/ Other things being equal, other conditions corresponding.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > equality [phrase] > other things being equal
ceteris paribus1601
1601 T. Wright Passions of Minde Pref. sig. A 4v Yet my meaning is alwayes cæteris paribus, because [etc.].
1659 R. Baxter Key for Catholicks ii. iv. 445 General Councils of true Pastors cæteris paribus, are to be most reverenced by the Princes and people.
1690 J. Locke Two Treat. Govt. ii. §105. 325 Cæteris paribus, they commonly prefer the Heir of their deceased King.
1751 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 25 Mar. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1704 And cæteris paribus, a French minister will get the better of an English one, at any third Court in Europe.
1887 W. J. Harris in National Rev. Dec. 454 The wonder is that France is not in a far worse state than ourselves. Cæteris paribus, she ought to be, with her unsettled government [etc.].
1907 W. De Morgan Alice-for-Short xxxvi ‘Would you guarantee her surviving the operation, Johnson?’ ‘No, I wouldn't! Nor your mother's either, caeteris paribus.’
1964 Economist 29 Aug. 828/2 That comfortable hold-all, ceteris paribus.
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