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contextualism

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kən teks′cho̅o̅ ə liz′əm)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
con•tex•tu•al•ism  (kən teks′cho̅o̅ ə liz′əm),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Cinema, Show Business(in motion-picture criticism) the theory that all incidents in a film must be viewed in the social, political, and cultural context with which the film concerns itself and in which it was made.
  2. Architecturethe aesthetic position that a building or the like should be designed for harmony or a meaningful relationship with other such elements already existing in its vicinity.
  • contextual + -ism 1925–30
con•tex′tu•al•ist, n., adj. 

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