recontextualize
verb
re·con·tex·tu·al·ize ˌrē-kən-ˈteks-chə-wə-ˌlīz 
-chə-ˌlīz
recontextualized; recontextualizing; recontextualizes
transitive verb
: to place (something, such as a literary or artistic work) in a different context
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Described as a satirical musical, the movie will reinterpret and recontextualize some of Williams’ songs. 
Manori Ravindran, Variety, 25 Aug. 2022 To recontextualize vernacular architecture as anonymous sculpture was essentially Duchampian. Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 18 July 2022 Plenty of old songs of all flavors create minor tidal waves on TikTok, where teen-agers with no prior knowledge of an artist can recontextualize music against the backdrop of a dance challenge or a joke. Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 13 June 2022 And for me what this does is recontextualize and reshowcase the actual work that’s already in the object. Sean Santiago, ELLE Decor, 8 June 2022 In her Moonbeaming podcast episode detailing the theme of the Lovers, Gottesdiener helps recontextualize the work that the Lovers card does within us. Gala Mukomolova, refinery29.com, 17 Mar. 2022 Sleeping Beauty Castle is also symbolic of a place where America’s most popular art form — cinema — can take physical shape and become a spot to reframe, recontextualize and reorient our relationship with our country’s myths and possibilities. Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2022 Rossi’s primary goal, then, is to recontextualize Warhol as somebody who had loves and lovers. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2022 Changues's drawings often recontextualize Polynesian women, reinstalling them in their natural environments. Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 30 Jan. 2022 See More
Manori Ravindran, Variety, 25 Aug. 2022 To recontextualize vernacular architecture as anonymous sculpture was essentially Duchampian. Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 18 July 2022 Plenty of old songs of all flavors create minor tidal waves on TikTok, where teen-agers with no prior knowledge of an artist can recontextualize music against the backdrop of a dance challenge or a joke. Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 13 June 2022 And for me what this does is recontextualize and reshowcase the actual work that’s already in the object. Sean Santiago, ELLE Decor, 8 June 2022 In her Moonbeaming podcast episode detailing the theme of the Lovers, Gottesdiener helps recontextualize the work that the Lovers card does within us. Gala Mukomolova, refinery29.com, 17 Mar. 2022 Sleeping Beauty Castle is also symbolic of a place where America’s most popular art form — cinema — can take physical shape and become a spot to reframe, recontextualize and reorient our relationship with our country’s myths and possibilities. Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2022 Rossi’s primary goal, then, is to recontextualize Warhol as somebody who had loves and lovers. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2022 Changues's drawings often recontextualize Polynesian women, reinstalling them in their natural environments. Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 30 Jan. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1954, in the meaning defined above