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adj
Of, pertaining to, or supporting contextualism
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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noun
A proponent of contextualism, or the importance of context.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
One who believes that scalar implicatures arise from contextual inference, not from a default association with a word.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, pragmatics, sciences
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Antonyms: defaultist
History
Etymology tree English contextual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English contextualist From contextual + -ist.
