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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries맥락이 잘려 나간
Pronunciation / Transliteration: maek-nak-i jal-ryeo na-gan
"그의 발언은 맥락이 잘려 나간 채 보도되었다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Removed from the surrounding circumstances, environment, or background conditions that give it true meaning or proper understanding.
"His remarks were taken completely out-of-context by the tabloid newspaper." - 2
Cited or presented without the words or events that immediately precede or follow it, often leading to a distorted interpretation.
"An out-of-context quote can easily misrepresent a politician's actual policy stance."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the prepositional phrase 'out of' combined with 'context', originating from the Latin 'contextus' meaning a joining together or weaving. The compound adjective gained widespread usage in the mid-20th century with the rise of mass media, journalism, and audio-visual recording, where segments of speech or imagery could easily be separated from their original surroundings.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Out-of-context" is said worldwide
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hors de son contexte
Transliteration: or də sɔ̃ kɔ̃.tɛkst
"Cette citation a été sortie de son contexte."
aus dem Zusammenhang gerissen
Transliteration: aʊs deːm tʊsˈamən.haŋ ˈʁɪsən
"Seine Worte wurden völlig aus dem Zusammenhang gerissen."
fuori contesto
Transliteration: ˈfwɔː.ri konˈtɛ.sto
"La sua frase è stata interpretata fuori contesto."
fuera de contexto
Transliteration: ˈfwe.ɾa ðe konˈteksto
"Sacaron sus declaraciones de contexto."
fora de contexto
Transliteration: ˈfɔ.ɾɐ dʒi kõˈtɛks.tu
"O comentário foi colocado fora de contexto."
संदर्भहीन
Transliteration: sandarbhheen
"उसका बयान संदर्भहीन तरीके से पेश किया गया था।"
断章取义
Transliteration: duàn zhāng qǔ yì
"这句话被断章取义了。"
맥락이 잘려 나간
Transliteration: maek-nak-i jal-ryeo na-gan
"그의 발언은 맥락이 잘려 나간 채 보도되었다."
文脈を無視した
Transliteration: bunmyaku o mushi shita
"彼の発言は文脈を無視して引用された。"
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