qua

[ kwey, kwah ]

adverb

1. as; as being; in the character or capacity of:

   The work of art qua art can be judged by aesthetic criteria only.

qua

/ kwɑː; kweɪ /

preposition

1. in the capacity of; by virtue of being

Word History and Origins

Origin of qua¹

First recorded in 1640–50; from Latin quā, feminine ablative singular of the relative pronoun quī who

Word History and Origins

Origin of qua¹

C17: from Latin, ablative singular (feminine) of qui who

Example Sentences

For a post to rank on Google, it is well understood that thoroughness is a sine qua non.

From Search Engine Watch

Responding with alarm, they seek to buttress the idea of Jewish ethnicity qua Jewish peoplehood.

From The Daily Beast

I suppose I plead guilty to that, but I would say that it's not the form qua form that I suspect I will object to about ZDT.

From The Daily Beast

That accumulation of identities is already a sine qua non when speaking of Hispanics, like Zimmerman.

From The Daily Beast

In the land of the industrial revolution, foreign ownership and management is the sine qua non of industrial success.

From The Daily Beast

This unsmoked, wet-cured ham is the sine qua non of Parisian butcher shops: a light, ephemeral meat, sweet but umami.

From The Daily Beast

It teaches you to take your time, or as the Germans call it, it gives you "Ruhe (repose)," the grand sine qua non!

From Project Gutenberg

Solemnior ea processio fuit, qua sanctissimum Sacramentum festo ipsi die cumtulimus.

From Project Gutenberg

Civitas opulenta, dives, fecunda, in qua nemo vivat otiosus.

From Project Gutenberg

I could never be induced to take the faintest interest in Brompton qua Brompton or a drawing-room qua a drawing-room.

From Project Gutenberg

Masochismus Larvatus est species hujus degenerationis in qua sordes physicae sordibus adduntur moralibus.

From Project Gutenberg