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To report (something) without taking into account the context in which it occurred.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, transitive
Examples
- The statistics are not very meaningful when taken out of context.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: decontextualize
Antonyms: contextualize
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
اجتزأ من السياق
— to report out of context
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Chinese Mandarin:
斷章取義 /断章取义
(duànzhāngqǔyì)
— to report out of context
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Finnish:
irrottaa asiayhteydestä
— to report out of context
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French:
décontextualiser
— to report out of context
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Galician:
sacar de contexto
— to report out of context
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Galician:
descontextualizar
— to report out of context
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German:
aus dem Kontext reißen
— to report out of context
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German:
aus dem Zusammenhang reißen
— to report out of context
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German:
aus dem Zusammenhang nehmen
— to report out of context
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German:
dekontextualisieren
— to report out of context
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Hungarian:
szövegösszefüggésből kiragad
— to report out of context
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Portuguese:
tirar de contexto
— to report out of context
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Portuguese:
descontextualizar
— to report out of context
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Russian:
вырыва́ть из конте́кста
(vyryvátʹ iz kontéksta)
— to report out of context
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Russian:
вы́рвать из конте́кста
(výrvatʹ iz kontéksta)
— to report out of context
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Spanish:
sacar de contexto
— to report out of context
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Spanish:
descontextualizar
— to report out of context
