to recontextualize
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8.3
- verb
- /ˌriːˌkɒnˈtɛkʧuəlaɪz/
- Jargon
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recontextualizar
- So to understand agoraphobia in James's terms, we have to recontextualize the fear, put it back in its proper place, or rather, time.
- recontextualized discourses
And so suddenly your brain remaps, recontextualizes the whole thing.
- And so suddenly your brain remaps, recontextualizes the whole thing.
- And this is basically recontextualizing the scientific method.
Examples
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But as King Lear makes evident, the fabula had eventually to be recontextualized to comprehend the increasing importance of women.
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To fully appreciate the artwork, critics must recontextualize it within the cultural movements of the time.
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And this is basically recontextualizing the scientific method.
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We do not so much forget the events of our past as we reinterpret and recontextualize them.
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But I think the way that you have recontextualized these drawings is really striking.
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Once any artwork is recontextualized, there are a thousand or more clues that contributed to its creation.
Blog text (10) -
Globalization has generally recontextualized local music traditions across the world.
Academic text (2011) -
Contemporary performance and teaching practices demonstrate that traditions can be successfully recontextualized.
Academic text (2011) -
Kevin Brand's Piet recontextualizes Sam Nzima's photograph on the wall of the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town.
Academic text (2007) -
The panadera typically recontextualizes or alters her citations of heroic conventions to imply her target's effeminacy.
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
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4.9
To give something a new meaning that changes how people see it
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4.8
Change the way you think about something to see it in a better way
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5.8
To explain something again in a different way to give it a new meaning
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4.7
Think of something in a new way
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6.3
To put information into its background so people understand it better
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8.1
To think about something in a new way
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7.0
To change an idea, story, or image to fit a new setting
To place something in a new context so people see it differently
To give a person or idea a new place in history
To change what something means or how people see its worth
Antonyms
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9.0
To remove something from the situation where it came from so people can understand or use it on its own
How Reinterpreted
Surface Forms
Morphology
recontextualize = contextualize (semi-transparent) = re + context + ual + ize
The prefix 're-' adds the meaning 'again' transparently, but the base verb 'contextualize' is a multi-step derivation (context + -ual + -ize) that may not be fully obvious to intermediate learners.
Etymology
The word recontextualize breaks into re- 'again', context 'the situation or setting around something', and -ize 'to make'. Think of moving a photo into a new frame: putting something in a new context changes how we understand it, which is what it means to recontextualize.