The phrase "a mere description of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when you want to emphasize that something is only a simple or basic explanation of a subject.
Example: "The report provided a mere description of the events without any analysis or interpretation."
Alternatives: "a simple account of" or "just a basic overview of".
But a mere description of the physical evolution of the DSM doesn't fully capture what Spitzer was able to accomplish.
But according to Kenyon, despite assurances that use of the shadowhunter term would not be expanded, "[Clare] has persisted over time in expanding her use of the term 'shadowhunters' from a mere description of her protagonists, first to a tag line on the cover of her works and eventually to a complete rebranding of her works so as to be confusingly similar to the Dark-Hunter Series".
Drawing on this idea, Lukács sketches a theory of social rationalization that goes beyond a mere description of economic relations and towards a theory of cultural change.
Now this remarkable and demanding talent makes his long-overdue leap into the competition big leagues with "Sieranevada," a mere description of which risks tilting into miserablist parody: It's a nearly three-hour talkathon, set over the course of a family wake that plays out indoors and in something close to real time.
However, most studies performed to date with carnivores as legitimate seed dispersers have focused on a mere description of mutualistic relationships [8], [15] [17] or on the evaluation of the effects of gut passage on seed viability and germination [18] [20], and only recently new topics have been addressed [21], [22].
These apply the rigour of systematic reviewing, but at the same time, are sympathetic to qualitative research methods and 'go beyond' a mere description of findings [ 18].
When reduced to a mere description — "Pass around small bits of laminated card stock in place of money" (poker), or "Roll imprinted cubes and buy fictional properties" (Monopoly) — even the most captivating games can seem impossibly boring.
The selection of an appropriate theory would provide answers to questions that ask why things are (not) happening beyond a mere description that they are (not) happening.
In the last years, continuous refinements of high-field MRI and analysis techniques have significantly broadened our empirical possibilities to facilitate conclusions on a network level beyond mere description of regions with altered neural activation.
Shyness as a self-fulfilling prophecy is portrayed with great tenderness in the character of Boo Radley, "an unknown entity the mere description of whom was enough to make us behave for days on end".
For that purpose, we need to introduce accurate notation, unfortunately a bit more involved than needed for the mere description of the algorithmic steps.
