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10 Language-to-English DictionariesDekontextualisierung
Pronunciation / Transliteration: dekɔntɛkstualiziːʁʊŋ
"Die Dekontextualisierung des Zitat führte zu falschen Interpretationen."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The act of removing something from its surrounding context or the conditions in which it was created or intended to be understood.
"The quote was severely altered in meaning due to its complete decontextualization in the news article." - 2
The cognitive ability to use language to talk about things outside the immediate physical or temporal environment.
"Children develop decontextualization skills as they learn to tell stories about past and future events."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the prefix de- (meaning 'removal' or 'reversal') combined with 'contextualization', which stems from the Late Latin contextus ('a joining together') and the Latin contexere ('to weave together'). The term emerged in academic and linguistic discourse during the mid-20th century to describe the extraction of information, language units, or objects from their original settings.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Decontextualization" is said worldwide
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décontextualisation
Transliteration: dekontekstualizasjɔ̃
"La décontextualisation de cette citation peut prêter à confusion."
Dekontextualisierung
Transliteration: dekɔntɛkstualiziːʁʊŋ
"Die Dekontextualisierung des Zitat führte zu falschen Interpretationen."
decontestualizzazione
Transliteration: dekontestualizzattsione
"La decontestualizzazione delle informazioni altera la realtà dei fatti."
descontextualización
Transliteration: deskontestualisasjon
"La descontextualización de las palabras del político causó gran polémica."
descontextualização
Transliteration: deskõtextualizaˈzãw
"A descontextualização da frase mudou totalmente o seu sentido original."
संदर्भहीन करना
Transliteration: sandarbh-heen karna
"बयान की संदर्भहीन करना एक गंभीर समस्या है।"
脱离语境
Transliteration: tuōlí yǔjìng
"这句话脱离语境后意思就完全变了。"
탈맥락화
Transliteration: talmaeknakgwa
"인용문의 탈맥락화는 오해를 불러일으킬 수 있다."
文脈の切断
Transliteration: bunmyaku no setsudan
"発言の文脈の切断は誤解を招く原因となる。"
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