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Context vs Contextualist - What's the difference?

context | contextualist |

As nouns the difference between context and contextualist

is that context is the surroundings, circumstances, environment, background or settings that determine, specify, or clarify the meaning of an event or other occurrence while contextualist is a proponent of contextualism, or the importance of context.

As adjectives the difference between context and contextualist

is that context is knit or woven together; close; firm while contextualist is of, pertaining to, or supporting contextualism.

As a verb context

is to knit or bind together; to unite closely.

context

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The surroundings, circumstances, environment, background or settings that determine, specify, or clarify the meaning of an event or other occurrence.
    • In what context did your attack on him happen? - We had a pretty tense relationship at the time, and when he insulted me I snapped.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=September 7 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Moldova 0-5 England , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=The display and result must be placed in the context that was it was against a side that looked every bit their Fifa world ranking of 141 - but England completed the job with efficiency to record their biggest away win in 19 years.}}
  • (senseid) (linguistics) The text in which a word or passage appears and which helps ascertain its meaning.
  • (archaeology) The surroundings and environment in which an artifact is found and which may provide important clues about the artifact's function and/or cultural meaning.
  • (mycology) The trama or flesh of a mushroom.

    • Antonyms

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    Derived terms

    () * context-dependent * context-free * context-sensitive * in context, compare in isolation * keyword in context, KWIC * keyword out of context, KWOC * out of context * take out of context

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "context")

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To knit or bind together; to unite closely.
    • (Feltham)
  • * R. Junius
    • The whole world's frame, which is contexted only by commerce and contracts.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Knit or woven together; close; firm.
  • * Derham
    • The coats, without, are context and callous.
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    contextualist

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, pertaining to, or supporting contextualism

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A proponent of contextualism, or the importance of context
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=April 29, author=Christopher Gray, title=A Man Who Minds His P’s and Q’s, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=He is more of a contextualist , believing that “letters are fluid, that they change with time and circumstance — the entire word is more important than a single letter, and its form can fluctuate.” }}