Sentence examples for merely absence of from inspiring English sources

Peace is not merely absence of war.

Health is not merely absence of disease.

Ernest Nagel contradicts Smith's definition of atheism as merely "absence of theism", acknowledging only explicit atheism as true "atheism".

Health is defined as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely absence of disease or infirmity [ 1].

The majority of the participants interviewed defined QoL in a manner very similar to the WHO definition of health as "a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely absence of disease or infirmity" [ 24].

It was not merely the absence of light, but the presence of the poor at night, and above all the homeless, that made these neighbourhoods seem like remnants of the pre-Enlightenment, pre-capitalist past.

However, mental health is not merely the absence of disorders but also comprises well-being [ 1].

QoL is a multidimensional construct grounded in the World Health Organization's definition of health in which health is not merely the absence of disease, but rather, a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being [ 12].

does not merely indicate absence of physical violence, but also indicates absence of desire to indulge in any sort of violence.

Was it merely the absence of sting — an ending, just not the usual bad one?

He said when accepting the Noble Peace Prize that our times "require us to think in new ways about the notions of just war and the imperatives of a just peace".... ..peace is not merely the absence of visible conflict.