high-context

British  

adjective

1. preferring to communicate in person, rather than by electronic methods such as email Compare low-context

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Example Sentences

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 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

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

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