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decontextualize /diːk(ə)nˈtɛkstʃʊəlʌɪz / /diːk(ə)nˈtɛkstʃʊəlʌɪz /(also decontextualise) verb [with object] (usually as adjective decontextualized) Consider (something) in isolation from its context: coffee-table photo books with their beautiful but decontextualized photographs...- It remains external to us, mere decontextualised information.
- Events are decontextualised - taken from their position as consequences of previous actions - and left unanalysed so that audiences do not have the information to place the event within its historical circumstances.
- Dominant currents in the philosophy of technology thus essentialise technology, decontextualise it, and abstract it from culture and human meaning, and thus fail to see how deeply embedded technology is in everyday life.
Derivatives decontextualization /-ˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ /diːk(ə)nˌtɛkstʃʊəlʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n / noun ...- That is, the decontextualisation of the comment allows a re-articulation of voice that may misrepresent the original author's meaning.
- Feminist researchers have expressed a preference for methods that avoid decontextualization - that is, that successfully study the individual within a social context.
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