"contextualism" meaning in English

See contextualism in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: contextualisms [plural]
Etymology: From contextual + -ism. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|contextual|ism}} contextual + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} contextualism (countable and uncountable, plural contextualisms)
  1. (philosophy) Any of a group of doctrines that stress the importance of context Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Philosophy
    Sense id: en-contextualism-en-noun-PxngHsSg Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
  2. (linguistics) A use of language that is dependent on context. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-contextualism-en-noun-owzr184x Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 61 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: contextualist, contextualistic, contextualistically, textualism

Inflected forms

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