qua

Meanings

1. 1
   prep

   formal: in the capacity or character of; considered specifically as

   The critic considered the manifesto qua work of art rather than as a political program.

Borrowed directly from Latin quā 'in which way or capacity; as.' English retained the Latin form as a concise scholarly and philosophical preposition for isolating the particular role or aspect under consideration.

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