decontextualization
- noun
- /ˌdiːkənˌtɛkstəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
- Specialized
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descontextualización
- The artist's work exemplifies the decontextualization of everyday objects into unique art pieces.
Examples
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If the ultimate accolade is to confer the status of an art object, based on its formal, visual qualities, it is also the ultimate act of decontextualization, of unconnectedness.
Academic text (1994) -
But the Other is also displaced through the decontextualization of history.
Academic text (2004) -
As this table shows, for decontextualization and planning, no significant differences emerged between the D and T groups.
Academic text (2003) -
The decontextualization and reworking of old ideas connected to "Chief Seattle" have continued in symbolic form intermittently over the past century.
Academic text (1998) -
It shows how formalization may lead to the gradual decontextualization of water rights from histories, places, and cultural dynamics.
Academic text (2017) -
As Gadamer has so eloquently expressed in his classic Truth and Method (1975), in dialogue we enter a phase of decontextualization when together we talk about a common subject matter.
Academic text (1992) -
In the digital age, the decontextualization of information can lead to misunderstandings.
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Decontextualization can make it easier to analyze a concept without considering its original circumstances.
Synonyms
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6.1
The act of separating something from the thing it is connected to
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7.8
The act of separating something from a group or connection
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7.3
Taking something away from a place, group, or system
Antonyms
How Decontextualized
Surface Forms
Morphology
decontextualization = decontextualize (semi-transparent) = de + context + ual + ize + ation
The noun 'decontextualization' is transparently derived from the verb 'decontextualize' by adding the suffix '-ation'.
Etymology
Decontextualization is built from de- meaning 'remove' and context, which comes from a Latin word that meant 'to weave together' and shows up in English words like text and texture. So decontextualization is the act of taking something out of its surrounding 'weave' or situation so it can be seen or used on its own.