low context culture
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.43 in modern English
31
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "Americans (from a low context culture) will complain that Japanese speakers (from a high context culture) never "get to the point." This is due to a failure to recognize that high context cultures must provide a context and setting and let the point evolve."
- "In low context cultures, messages are mostly explicit and the words convey most of the meaning in the communication. In low context cultures, the impact of non-verbal cues is far less significant and the status of the speaker is less important in attaching meaning to what is said."
- "Communication may be difficult between a low context culture and a high context culture when the unstated meanings of body language differ between the parties."