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Ceteris Paribus

/ˈsɛtəɹɪs ˈpæɹɪbəs/

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What does Ceteris Paribus mean?

adverb

  1. All things being equal; with all other things or factors remaining the same; other things held constant; all else unchanged.

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/ˈsɛtəɹɪs ˈpæɹɪbəs/

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That these must be costly stands to reason, for the waste of our own military forces must, ceteris paribus, always be greater the more our aim is directed upon the destruction of the enemy’s power.
Carl von ClausewitzOn WarTranslated by J. J. (James John) GrahamProject Gutenberg ebook #1946
He even goes further, and says that it is conceivable, by successive impregnations effected by him, that the influence may be increased, and if so the younger children begotten by him, rather than the elder, might be expected, ceteris paribus, to bear their father's image.
Anna M. (Anna Mary) GalbraithThe Four Epochs of Woman's Life; A Study in HygieneProject Gutenberg ebook #4986
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So again the primary sexual organs, and those for nourishing or protecting the young, come under the same influence; for those individuals which generated or nourished their offspring best, would leave, ceteris paribus, the greatest number to inherit their superiority; whilst those which generated or nourished their offspring badly, would leave but few to inherit their weaker powers.
Charles DarwinThe Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to SexProject Gutenberg ebook #2300