contextomy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act or practice of quoting somebody out of context, often to give a false impression of what they said.

Word forms

contextomy contextomies

Etymology

From context + -tomy.

Synonyms

Derived words

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.