Editing Modus vivendi

{{short description|Arrangement that allows conflicting parties to coexist in peace}}
{{other uses|Modus Vivendi (disambiguation)}}
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[[File:Kladderadatsch_1878_-_Modus_vivendi.png | thumb | right | alt=A comic drawing depicting a man sitting upon a throne with a solder reporting, as a man watches from the curtains.  | A "Modus vivendi" from the Kladderadatsch, 1878, to Leo XIII and Bismarck.]]
'''''Modus vivendi''''' (plural '''''modi vivendi''''') is a [[Latin]] phrase that means "mode of living" or "[[lifestyle (sociology)|way of life]]". In [[international relations]], it often is used to mean an arrangement or agreement that allows conflicting parties to coexist in peace. In science, it is used to describe [[Habit (biology)#Behavior|lifestyles]].<ref name="Stevenson2010">{{cite book|author=Angus Stevenson|title=Oxford Dictionary of English|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=anecAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1139|date=19 August 2010|publisher=OUP Oxford|isbn=978-0-19-957112-3|pages=1139–}}</ref>

''Modus'' means "mode", "way", "method", or "manner". ''Vivendi'' means "of living". The phrase is often used to describe informal and temporary arrangements in political affairs. For example, if two sides reach a ''modus vivendi'' regarding disputed territories, despite political, historical or cultural incompatibilities, an accommodation of their respective differences is established for the sake of [[contingency (philosophy)|contingency]].

In [[diplomacy]], a ''modus vivendi'' is an instrument for establishing an international accord of a temporary or provisional nature, intended to be replaced by a more substantial and thorough agreement, such as a [[treaty]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://treaties.un.org/Pages/Overview.aspx?path=overview/definition/page1_en.xml#modus | title=United Nations Treaty Collection: Definitions | access-date=19 May 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520185430/https://treaties.un.org/Pages/Overview.aspx?path=overview%2Fdefinition%2Fpage1_en.xml#modus | archive-date=20 May 2015 }}</ref> [[Armistice]]s and instruments of [[surrender (military)|surrender]] are intended to achieve a ''modus vivendi''.

==Examples==

The term often refers to [[Anglo-French relations]] from the 1815 end of the [[Napoleonic Wars]] to the 1904 [[Entente Cordiale]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2018}}

On 7 January 1948, the United States, Britain and Canada, concluded an agreement known as the ''modus vivendi'', that allowed for limited sharing of technical information on nuclear weapons which officially repealed the [[Quebec Agreement]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1948v01p2/d66 |title=Minutes of the Meeting of the Combined Policy Committee, at Blair House, Washington, D.C., January 7, 1948 |publisher=United States Department of State |access-date=22 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201030440/https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1948v01p2/d66 |archive-date=1 December 2017 |url-status=live  }}</ref>

==See also==
* {{annotated link|Latin phrases}}
* {{annotated link|Modus operandi|''Modus operandi''}}
* {{annotated link|Modus ponens|''Modus ponens''}}
* {{annotated link|Modus tollens|''Modus tollens''}}

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130101093718/http://treaties.un.org/Pages/Overview.aspx?path=overview%2Fdefinition%2Fpage1_en.xml#modus Definition of key terms used in the UN Treaty Collection]

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