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recontextualized

recontextualized is the simple past and past participle 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

Questions about recontextualized

What is recontextualized the simple past and past participle of?
Recontextualized is the simple past and past participle of recontextualize.

Words near recontextualized in the dictionary

  1. recontextualises
  2. recontextualising
  3. recontextualization
  4. recontextualizations
  5. recontextualize
  6. recontextualized
  7. recontextualizer
  8. recontextualizers
  9. recontextualizes
  10. recontextualizing
  11. recontinuance

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Adapted from Wiktionary: recontextualized (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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