contextualize

English

Alternative forms

• contextualise

Etymology

contextual +‎ -ize

Verb

1. To place something or someone in a particular context.
   • 2014 March 3, Zoe Alderton, “‘Snapewives’ and ‘Snapeism’: A Fiction-Based Religion within the Harry Potter Fandom”, in Religions‎^[1], volume 5, number 1, MDPI, →DOI, pages 219-257:

     Despite personal schisms and differences in spiritual experience, there is a very coherent theology of Snape shared between the wives. To examine this manifestation of religious fandom, I will first discuss the canon scepticism and anti-Rowling sentiment that helps to contextualise the wider belief in Snape as a character who extends beyond book and film.

Derived terms

• contextualization
• contextualizer
• decontextualize
• recontextualize

Translations

place in a context

• Catalan: contextualitzar (ca)
• French: contextualiser (fr)
• Icelandic: setja í samhengi, skoða í samhengi
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• Italian: contestualizzare (it)
• Spanish: contextualizar (es)
• Swedish: kontextualisera (sv)