…saying that the Literary Gazette had committed the Chicago Tribune's habitual crime of contextomy against me.
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Contextomy
Synonyms for "contextomy" (1 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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Finnish
1 entries- kontekstomia noun (Translations)
Polish
1 entries- wyjmowanie z kontekstu noun (Translations)
Sample sentences
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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.
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The prosecution would have to prove that audiences were misled by the practice, known as contextomy. Those who break the laws could face fines […]
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