Dictionary

contextualization en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English context English -ual English contextual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English contextualization From contextual + -ization.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of putting information into context; making sense of information from the situation or location in which the information was found.

Forms

Deriveds

recontextualization · undercontextualization · overcontextualization

Translations (6)

it contestualizzazione (putting information into context) · de Kontextualisierung (putting information into context) · es contextualización (putting information into context) · el συγκειμενοποίηση (putting information into context) · ca contextualització (putting information into context) · fr contextualisation (putting information into context)