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English
Etymology
From contextual + -ize.
Verb
contextualize (third-person singular simple present contextualizes, present participle contextualizing, simple past and past participle contextualized)
- To place something or someone in a particular context.
- Antonym: decontextualize
2014 March 3, Zoe Alderton, “‘Snapewives’ and ‘Snapeism’: A Fiction-Based Religion within the Harry Potter Fandom”, in Religions, 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.
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Translations
Galician
Verb
contextualize
- (reintegrationist norm) inflection of contextualizar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Portuguese
Verb
contextualize
- inflection of contextualizar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative