recontextualization

noun

The process or result of recontextualizing.

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Meanings

nounrecontextualization (countable and uncountable, plural recontextualizations)

plural recontextualizations

  1. countableuncountableThe process or result of recontextualizing.

    Mazzucchelli particularly has it in for Willy Ilium, a snooty, priapic little choreographer whose work consists of postmodern appropriation and recontextualization.

    2009 July 26, Douglas Wolk, “Shades of Meaning”, in New York Times

Origin

From re- + contextualization.

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APA

recontextualization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recontextualization

MLA

“recontextualization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recontextualization. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recontextualization,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recontextualization.

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