high-context culture
high-context culture · high-context cultures
A culture in which communication relies heavily on context, leaving many things…A culture in which communication relies heavily on context, leaving many things implied rather than explicitly put into words.
Meaning
1 sensesA culture in which communication relies heavily on context, leaving many things implied rather than explicitly put into words.
Origin
Coined by anthropologist Edward T. Hall in his 1976 book Beyond CultureCoined by anthropologist Edward T. Hall in his 1976 book Beyond Culture
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.