Assertion: virus | /r/DefinedAs | being alive
Facets:
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Therefore, if they cannot survive independently, can they be defined as being ‘alive’?
text: This questioner currently considers viruses to be non-living.
text: Is a virus a living thing?
text: In other words they cannot function outside a host organism, which is why they are often regarded as non-living.
text: Therefore, if they cannot survive independently, can they be defined as being ‘alive’?