recontextualize
recontextualize verb: to set in a new context.
Verb
recontextualize (third-person singular simple present recontextualizes, present participle recontextualizing, simple past and past participle recontextualized)
- 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
- And the web—particularly social media—provides countless opportunities for intertextuality, chances to recontextualize, retweet, repost, riposte.2023 February 3, Pia Ceres, “Quoting Taylor Swift Lyrics Is an Actual Linguistic Thing”, in Wired, San Francisco, C.A.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 May 2023
Forms of recontextualize
| third-person singular present | recontextualizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | recontextualizing |
| past participle | recontextualized |
| past | recontextualized |
Origin of recontextualize
From re- + contextualize.
Words formed from recontextualize
Questions about recontextualize
- What does recontextualize mean?
- Recontextualize means to set in a new context.
- What part of speech is recontextualize?
- Recontextualize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of recontextualize?
- The past tense of recontextualize is recontextualized.
Words near recontextualize in the dictionary
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