vacuo
- adverb
- /vəˈkjuːoʊ/
- Specialized
- The artist insisted that her work could not be understood vacuo, apart from its cultural background.
Examples
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It is difficult to judge a law vacuo without considering its real-world effects.
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The theory was developed vacuo from any practical application.
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Scientific theories are rarely developed vacuo; they are shaped by previous research and discoveries.
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In this study, we analyze the concept vacuo.
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Scientific theories are rarely developed vacuo; they are shaped by previous research and discoveries.
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The artist insisted that her work could not be understood vacuo, apart from its cultural background.
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It is difficult to judge a law vacuo without considering its real-world effects.
Synonyms
To think of something by itself without other factors or context
Antonyms
Idioms
How Isolated
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Etymology
Vacuo comes from the same Latin vacuus and appears in the phrase 'in vacuo', meaning 'in emptiness' or 'in a vacuum'. So if something happens vacuo, it happens alone or 'in isolation', without outside influence.