high-context
Britishadjective
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The fact some people are posting about being demure, cutesty and mindful in a serious way shows "how nuances are lost when messages travel from the high-context in-groups to the low-context outgroups", he says.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2024
“The NFT conversation can be particularly high-context, from technical jargon, our own memes, and the random menagerie of the latest projects and their respective animals,” Ong said.
From The Verge ● Sep. 9, 2021
In fact, high-context communication may take place without words at all: Imagine, for example, a parent’s raised eyebrow.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 19, 2015
In high-context cultures, the message is not delivered directly, and the listener must discern the meaning of the words from the context, the speaker and the setting.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 19, 2015
As a member of the Japanese Humor and Laughter Society explained to us, Japan is a high-context society: It is so homogenous, jokesters don’t need to bother with explanations or detailed backstories.
From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2014
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