contextualist
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.18 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, pertaining to, or supporting contextualism
noun
A proponent of contextualism, or the importance of context.
noun
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."
Etymology
Etymology tree English contextual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English contextualist From contextual + -ist.