Low context culture

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Low context culture (and the contrasting ‘high context culture’) are terms presented by the anthropologist Edward T. Hall in his book Beyond Culture. It refers to a culture’s tendency to cater towards in-groups. An in-group being a group that has similar experiences and expectations, from which inferences are drawn. In a low context culture, these similar experiences and expectations, are to a lesser extent used to communicate. Much more is explained through words, instead of the context. In contrast, in a high context culture many more things are left unsaid, letting the culture explain.