all else being equal in English

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          "ref": "2001, Richard Foley, Intellectual Trust in Oneself and Others",
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        "Holding other conditions unchanged; ceteris paribus."
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        "(modal) Holding other conditions unchanged; ceteris paribus."
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"all else being equal" meaning in English

Adverb