decontextualise
Remove from original setting
To decontextualise is to remove something from its original context, often distorting its meaning in the process.
A quote decontextualised from a longer speech may seem to say something the speaker never intended.
The word appears frequently in media criticism and academic discourse: The clip was decontextualised to make her look callous.
Also spelled decontextualize.
Remove from the ground
- displaceRemove from proper position
- alienateCause emotional distance
- transplantMove tissue between bodies
- dislocateShift from proper position
remove · sever · estrange · detach · unmoor · disembed · exile · isolate
Separate from others
- extractConcentrated derived substance
- detachTo separate from
- separateTo set apart
- disembodiedWithout a physical body
disentangle · divorce · strip · distill · essence · core · fundamental · pure
Study with attention
- dissectCut open to examine
- scrutinizeInspect with close attention
- evaluateDetermine value or quality
- interpretExtract or convey meaning
deconstruct · isolate · study · inspect · assess · critique · investigate · parse
Make broadly applicable
- oversimplifyRemove essential complexity
- homogenizeMake uniformly consistent
- standardizeMake things match norms
- broadenExpand in scope
extrapolate · generalize · abstract · flatten · normalize · conflate · blur · aggregate
Explanatory set of principles
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
- epistemologyTheory of knowledge
- hermeneuticsStudy of interpretation methods
- structuralismAnalysis through underlying systems
poststructuralism · formalism · pedagogy · scholarship · critique · discourse · framework · paradigm
uproot
Remove from the ground
- displaceRemove from proper position
- alienateCause emotional distance
- transplantMove tissue between bodies
dislocate · remove · sever · estrange · detach · unmoor · disembed · exile · isolate · extract
isolate
Separate from others
disembodied · disentangle · divorce · strip · distill · essence · core · fundamental · pure · intrinsic
examine
Study with attention
- dissectCut open to examine
- scrutinizeInspect with close attention
- evaluateDetermine value or quality
interpret · deconstruct · isolate · study · inspect · assess · critique · investigate · parse · unpack
universalize
Make broadly applicable
- oversimplifyRemove essential complexity
- homogenizeMake uniformly consistent
- standardizeMake things match norms
broaden · extrapolate · generalize · abstract · flatten · normalize · conflate · blur · aggregate · approximate
theory
Explanatory set of principles
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
- epistemologyTheory of knowledge
- hermeneuticsStudy of interpretation methods
structuralism · poststructuralism · formalism · pedagogy · scholarship · critique · discourse · framework · paradigm · deconstruction
decontextualisecontextualise
Place within relevant framework
contextualize · situate · recontextualize · embed · ground
decontextualisecontextualize
Place within surrounding circumstances
situate · particularize · localize · specify · concretize
decontextualisecontextualise
Place within relevant framework
situate · historicize · flesh out · enrich · elucidate