contextualism
Americannoun
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(in motion-picture criticism) the theory that all incidents in a film must be viewed in the social, political, and cultural context with which the film concerns itself and in which it was made.
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Architecture. the aesthetic position that a building or the like should be designed for harmony or a meaningful relationship with other such elements already existing in its vicinity.
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Etymology
Origin of contextualism
First recorded in 1925–30; contextual + -ism
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