decontextualize

[ dee-kuhn-teks-choo-uh-lahyz ]

/ ˌdi kənˈtɛks tʃu əˌlaɪz /

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to remove (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) from a context: decontextualized works of art displayed in museums.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

First recorded in 1975–80; de- + contextualize

de·con·tex·tu·al·i·za·tion, noun