Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

high-context culture

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.46 in modern English

Syllables: high---con-tex-t -cul-ture
IPA

36

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

8

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A culture in which communication relies heavily on context, leaving many things implied rather than explicitly put into words.

Example Sentences

"These social and environmental cues need not be direct and easily observed; high-context cultures use the nuances of social interaction — its content and symbolism — to understand a given situation."
"Persons socialized in low-context cultures (Americans, many Europeans) are more open and expressive and may find it difficult to take the perspective of their team members from high-context cultures"
"To the observer, an unknown high-context culture can be completely mystifying, because symbols that are not known to the observer play such an important role."

Etymology

Coined by anthropologist Edward T. Hall in his 1976 book Beyond Culture

Inflected Forms

high-context cultures (plural) high context culture (alternative)

Questions

What does high-context culture mean?: A culture in which communication relies heavily on context, leaving many things implied rather than explicitly put into words.
Where does high-context culture come from?: Coined by anthropologist Edward T. Hall in his 1976 book Beyond Culture

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