mere appearance

collocation in English

meaningsofmereandappearance

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mere
adjective[before noun]
uk
/mɪər/us
/mɪr/
used to emphasize that something is not large ...
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appearance
noun
uk
/əˈpɪə.rəns/us
/əˈpɪr.əns/
an occasion when someone appears ...
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(Definition ofmereandappearancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmere appearance

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Themereappearanceof dignity through the possessions of honors is reminiscent of the aristocratic view on dignity.
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What we have to distinguish are cases where apparent mental causation ismereappearance, and cases where appearance and mentally represented knowledge possibly coexist.
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Is he more interested in the right decisions, or inmereappearance?
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Intuitive evidence is convincing by itsmereappearance.
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Is the world eternal, or is it amereappearance?
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Theirmereappearanceproves sufficient to have the entire tribe running for the hills.
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They did not actually do those things, despite the words of the code, because the code is not to be taken as anything more thanmereappearance.
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It is famous for its precedence in establishing the principle that themereappearanceof bias is sufficient to overturn a judicial decision.
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Mental events are viewed as completely dependent on physical functions and, as such, have no independent existence or causal efficacy; it is amereappearance.
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The one who sees the phenomenal world asmereappearanceand reality as a transcendent other, rules the country and introduces the citizens to his private mystical world.
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What one experiences ismereappearance; one must dig beneath this appearance in order to communicate with the heart and soul of what lies hidden within it.
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