Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
DECONTEXTUALIZE
Etymology
Verb
decontextualize (third-person singular simple present decontextualizes, present participle decontextualizing, simple past and past participle decontextualized)
(transitive) To divest of context.
Synonym: take out of context
Source: Wiktionary
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(adjective) capable of arousing or accelerating physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent
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