decontextualize
verb (used with object)
to remove (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) from a context.
decontextualizing
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present participleof decontextualize.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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I wish the show’s wall text and labels weren’t so overloaded with jargon, verbs like navigating, negotiating, interrogating, decentering, decontextualizing, disrupting and destabilizing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
But decontextualizing it out of the internet and putting it onto the medium of television just made it feel absurd to everyone.
From The Verge ● Jun. 14, 2022
Pivi is decontextualizing and re-sculpting a symbol rather than a rote object.
From New York Times ● Apr. 14, 2022
And by decontextualizing suffering, it leaves us desensitized.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 25, 2021
Associating their names with the criminal cases of their killers creates a decontextualizing shorthand for the case itself, ultimately erasing their killers’ culpability.
From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2021
