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- verb Present participle of
decontextualize .
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Examples
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And the important thing about it is that it came from this borrowing and kind of decontextualizing of a sound or words taken out of context and put in a new place.
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By decontextualizing all these words from the societal power relations they represent, this campaign will accomplish little or nothing of any substance that will help people with intellectual disabilities.
The “R Word” What’s In A Word? Renee 2009
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You have plucked a single thing from that list and ignored the rest, thus decontextualizing my concern and turning it into worry about a single symptom, rather than a collection of them.
Waldo Jaquith - In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey. 2007
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The other primary function is then "oppositioning," which might also be considered "decontextualizing."
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By decontextualizing all these words from the societal power relations they represent, this campaign will accomplish little or nothing of any substance that will help people with intellectual disabilities.
Archive 2009-03-01 Renee 2009
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I must further ponder the decontextualizing vs. the mere recollection, but what you say about taking a picture offers an entryway.
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While fanboy which, one day you will probably be subjected to me ranting about my disillusionment with the general horror film audience types are prone to laughing at the donald duck voice of the killer but the intent, decontextualizing something associated with ‘innocence’ and ‘childhood’ and subverting it into a mode of communication for a serial killer is pretty damn disturbing!
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As usual, decontextualizing removes the realities.
Taiwan's Fading Independence Movement? Or Robert Ross' Fading Understanding? Michael Turton 2006
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More importantly, by decontextualizing the information, Ross lies to the reader:
Taiwan's Fading Independence Movement? Or Robert Ross' Fading Understanding? Michael Turton 2006
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More importantly, by decontextualizing the information, Ross lies to the reader:
Archive 2006-04-01 Michael Turton 2006
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