Contextualism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of a group of doctrines that stress the importance of context countable, uncountable

    "If contextualism is true, then change ramifies through all the contextual connections."

  2. 2
    any doctrine emphasizing the importance of the context in solving problems or establishing the meaning of terms wordnet
  3. 3
    A use of language that is dependent on context. countable, uncountable

    "In this communicational mode, language units can be differentiated as usualisms and contextualisms (Fig. 4-6)."

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"If contextualism is true, then change ramifies through all the contextual connections."

Etymology

From contextual + -ism.

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