Meanings
nouncontextualization (countable and uncountable, plural contextualizations)
plural contextualizations · alternative contextualisation
- countableuncountableThe act or process of putting information into context; making sense of information from the situation or location in which the information was found.
Origin
- Englishcontext
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishcontextual
- Englishcontextualization
From contextual + -ization.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan contextualització
- contextualitzacióputting information into context
French contextualisation
- contextualisationputting information into context
German Kontextualisierung
- Kontextualisierungputting information into context
Greek συγκειμενοποίηση
- συγκειμενοποίηση (sygkeimenopoíisi)putting information into context
Italian contestualizzazione
- contestualizzazioneputting information into context
Spanish contextualización
- contextualizaciónputting information into context
Cite this entry
APA
contextualization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contextualization
MLA
“contextualization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contextualization. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “contextualization,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contextualization.
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