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Contextomize vs Contextomy - What's the difference?

contextomize | contextomy | Derived terms |

Contextomy is a derived term of contextomize.


Contextomize is often a misspelling of contextomy.


Contextomize has no English definition.

As a noun contextomy is

the practice (or act) of quoting a person (or people) out of context, often with the aim of winning an argument, often intending obfuscation of the quote's actual meaning.

contextomize

Not English

Contextomize has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

contextomy

English

(wikipedia contextomy)

Noun

(contextomies)
  • The practice (or act) of quoting a person (or people) out of context, often with the aim of winning an argument, often intending obfuscation of the quote's actual meaning.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1964 , author=Milton Mayer , title=What can a man do?: A selection of his most challenging writings , chapter= , url= , isbn= , page=33 , passage=…saying that the Literary Gazette'' had committed the ''Chicago Tribune's habitual crime of contextomy against me. , indent2=*:}}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1967 , author=Paul F. Boller , title=Quotemanship: the use and abuse of quotations for polemical and other purposes , chapter= , url= , isbn= , page=286 , passage=The competent quoteman, no matter how eager he is to outwit his opponent, will have neither the need nor the inclination to stoop to contextomy of the flagrantly mendacious sort. , indent2=*:}}
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2008 , date=May 29 , author=Amol Rajan , title=Excellent! Theatres forced to withdraw misleading reviews , work=The Independent citation , passage=The prosecution would have to prove that audiences were misled by the practice, known as contextomy . Those who break the laws could face fines… , indent2=*:}}

    Derived terms

    * contextomize