What is the meaning of conjunction 'qua'?
I have been trying to understand what the word "Qua" means. I have referred a few dictionaries but I am still unable to understand it fully.
Source: Lexico
Definition: "In the capacity of; as being"
Examples:
1) Qua musician, he lacks skill, but his playing is lively and enthusiastic. (Does it mean "As a musician"?)
2) The work of art qua art can be judged by aesthetic criteria only.
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reptax I have been trying to understand what the word "Qua" means. It is just a snooty form of "as". I don't remember ever having seen it, but it does seem to be out there.
- reptax I have been trying to understand what the word "Qua" means.
- It is just a snooty form of "as".
- I don't remember ever having seen it, but it does seem to be out there.
- " I expected it to be rarer than that, maybe because I am an American.
- I challenge anybody to present a sentence that would not be improved by changing the outre "qua" to plain "as".
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reptaxI have been trying to understand what the word "Qua" means.
It is just a snooty form of "as". I don't remember ever having seen it, but it does seem to be out there. The OED places it in their Frequency Band 5 with other words that "tend to be restricted to literate vocabulary associated with educated discourse …." I expected it to be rarer tha
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