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contextomy

American

[kon-teks-tuh-mee] / kɒnˈtɛks tə mi /

noun

the practice of misquoting someone by shortening the quotation or by leaving out surrounding words or sentences that would place the quotation in context.
an instance of this.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

contextomies

plural

Etymology

Origin of contextomy

1965–70; blend of context + -tomy

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