contextlessadj.

Etymology: < context n. + -less suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcontextless.

Lacking a context.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > obscurity > [adjective] > lacking a context

contextless1936

the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [adjective] > irrelevant > lacking a context

contextless1965

1936 Mind 45 304 Lord Russell adduces ‘it rained in London on January 1, 1066’. This is, so far, only the formal truth-claim of a contextless ‘proposition’ about an historical event.

1965 Punch 13 Oct. 551/1 They are like remembered scenes or remarks that drift into an idling mind, mattering obscurely to the thinker but contextless to anyone else.

1969 P. Dickinson Pride of Heroes 72 The seemingly contextless flurry of action..locked itself into a pattern of violence.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	contextless
释义	contextlessadj. Etymology: < context n. + -less suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcontextless. Lacking a context. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > obscurity > [adjective] > lacking a context contextless1936 the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [adjective] > irrelevant > lacking a context contextless1965 1936 Mind 45 304 Lord Russell adduces ‘it rained in London on January 1, 1066’. This is, so far, only the formal truth-claim of a contextless ‘proposition’ about an historical event. 1965 Punch 13 Oct. 551/1 They are like remembered scenes or remarks that drift into an idling mind, mattering obscurely to the thinker but contextless to anyone else. 1969 P. Dickinson Pride of Heroes 72 The seemingly contextless flurry of action..locked itself into a pattern of violence. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1936
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