contextualization

American  

[kuhn-teks-choo-uh-lahy-zay-shuhn] / kənˌtɛks tʃu ə laɪˈzeɪ ʃən /

noun

plural

contextualizations

1. the act or an instance of putting something in a particular context; explanation.

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Other Word Forms

• decontextualization noun
• recontextualization noun

Example Sentences

The story is important on its own, but it did need some level of contextualization for the audience.

From Salon

And his quirky piece, which opens with a piano rag and quickly plunges into Mahlerian orchestration and psychic depths, needed at least some of that contextualization.

From New York Times

The meaningful update includes a more poignant and broader contextualization of the tar pits.

From Los Angeles Times

In more than 4,000 pages, he wove intricate analyses alongside rich contextualization, revealing musical history as a fraught terrain of argumentation, politics, and power.

From New York Times

Sharp as they are individually, the anecdotes in many cases demand additional framing or linking — contextualization that would create a greater sense of an organic, resonant, multilayered whole.

From Washington Post