contextualization

The act or process of putting information into context; making sense of information from the situation or location in which the information was found.

Noun

  1. The act or process of putting information into context; making sense of information from the situation or location in which the information was found.

Origin

Etymology tree English context English -ual English contextual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English contextualization From contextual + -ization.

Forms

contextualizations contextualisation

Derived

overcontextualization recontextualization undercontextualization