Meaning

Of, pertaining to, or supporting contextualism.

Definitions by Sense

1. Of, pertaining to, or supporting contextualism
2. A proponent of contextualism, or the importance of context.
3. (pragmatics) One who believes that scalar implicatures arise from contextual inference, not from a default association with a word.

Example Sentences

He is more of a contextualist, believing that “letters are fluid, that they change with time and circumstance — the entire word is more important than a single letter, and its form can fluctuate.”

Secondly, some contextualists have previously stated that by constantly trying to draw links between the Medieval thought and contemporary philosophy, historiographers evoke apologetism rather than develop the field in its own right.

A contextualist believes that the phrase "some eels are fish" is primarily interpreted as "some, and perhaps all, eels are fish", and the pragmatic interpretation "some, but not all, eels are fish" only appears when demanded by the context.

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Use contextualist when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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