Phrase guide

in a vacuum

prep_phrase · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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prep_phrase

Meaning 1

Divorced from its proper context and therefore suffering from incomplete analysis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He is fond of saying that "nothing happens in a vacuum", by which he means that external factors always matter in at least some ways; sometimes he exaggerates this principle by claiming polemically that "there are no coincidences".

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  • Italian: fuori da un contesto — divorced from its proper context