contextualism

1. 1.

   any doctrine emphasizing the importance of the context in solving problems or establishing the meaning of terms

   Broaderdoctrine

Other forms of contextualism

plural

contextualisms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about contextualism

What does contextualism mean?

contextualism means "any doctrine emphasizing the importance of the context in solving problems or establishing the meaning of terms".

How many syllables are in contextualism?

contextualism has 5 syllables: con-tex-tu-a-lism. The stress falls on "tu".

Is contextualism a common word?

contextualism is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.