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recontextualizing

recontextualizing is the present participle and gerund 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 recontextualizing

What is recontextualizing the present participle and gerund of?
Recontextualizing is the present participle and gerund of recontextualize.

Words near recontextualizing in the dictionary

  1. recontextualize
  2. recontextualized
  3. recontextualizer
  4. recontextualizers
  5. recontextualizes
  6. recontextualizing
  7. recontinuance
  8. recontinuation
  9. recontinuations
  10. recontinue
  11. recontinued

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Adapted from Wiktionary: recontextualizing (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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