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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(figurative) The act or practice of quoting somebody out of context, often to give a false impression of what they said..
…saying that the Literary Gazette had committed the Chicago Tribune's habitual crime of contextomy against me.
The competent quoteman, no matter how eager he is to outwit his opponent, will have neither the need nor the inclination to stoop to contextomy of the flagrantly mendacious sort.
The prosecution would have to prove that audiences were misled by the practice, known as contextomy. Those who break the laws could face fines […]
Use contextomy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Contextomy means (figurative) The act or practice of quoting somebody out of context, often to give a false impression of what they said..
Common synonyms include quote mining.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
…saying that the Literary Gazette had committed the Chicago Tribune's habitual crime of contextomy against me.
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