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recontextualise

recontextualise is the alternative spelling of recontextualize.

Meaning of recontextualize

Verb

recontextualize (third-person singular simple present recontextualizes, present participle recontextualizing, simple past and past participle recontextualized)

  1. (transitive) To set in a new context.
    • When we kackle like your uncle Sal at "Yey Whazzup Make Up" by Pssing Stones, the sublime recontextualized Rolling Stones' video (by StS, the same genius that brought us the "Shreds" Youtube^([sic]) clips) that in its endgame brings us the hyper-reality of a bunch of absurd middle-aged rock...2012, Johan Kugelberg, Brad Pitt's Dog: Essays on Fame, Death, Punk

Forms of recontextualise

third-person singular presentrecontextualises
present participlerecontextualising
past participlerecontextualised
pastrecontextualised

Origin of recontextualise

From re- + contextualise.

Questions about recontextualise

What is recontextualise the alternative spelling of?
Recontextualise is the alternative spelling of recontextualize.

Words near recontextualise in the dictionary

  1. recontested
  2. recontesting
  3. recontests
  4. recontextualisation
  5. recontextualisations
  6. recontextualise
  7. recontextualised
  8. recontextualises
  9. recontextualising
  10. recontextualization
  11. recontextualizations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: recontextualise (page history and authors); recontextualize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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