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  1. contextomynoun

    The practice, or act of quoting people out of context, with the aim of winning an argument.

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  1. contextomy

    Quoting out of context (sometimes referred to as contextomy or quote mining) is an informal fallacy in which a passage is removed from its surrounding matter in such a way as to distort its intended meaning. Contextomies may be either intentional or accidental if someone misunderstands the meaning and omits something essential to clarifying it, thinking it to be non-essential. As a fallacy, quoting out of context differs from false attribution, in that the out of context quote is still attributed to the correct source.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of contextomy in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of contextomy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1


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