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88 Examples of Context

John Spacey, updated on May 28, 2023

Context is the situation in which something occurs. This has many types such as a historical context or political context. Anything that affects perceptions and outcomes is part of context including tangible elements such as people, places, nature and things and intangible elements such as thoughts or emotions. The following are common examples of context.

Abilities	Assumptions
Atmosphere	Authority structures
Behaviors	Beliefs
Biases	Budget
Built environment	Chronology – sequences of events
Class structures	Competition
Constraints	Costs
Culture	Customs
Decisions that have been made	Demographics
Distances	Economic situation
Education levels	Emotions
Environmental conditions	Events
Expectations	Family structure
Goals	Governments
Habits	Health situation
Identities	Income
Information	Institutions
Interests	Knowledge
Language	Leadership
Light conditions	Meanings
Media	Motivations
Nations	Natural environment
Norms	Objectives
Obstacles	Occupation
Opinions	Organizations
People	Perceptions
Personalities	Perspective
Places	Point of View
Political climate	Political situation
Problems	Processes
Relationships	Religions
Resources	Rules
Sensation	Sense
Sights	Skills
Smell	Social Cues
Social Status	Social situation
Social structures	Sounds
Speaking Style	Strategies
Stress levels	Technologies
Themes	Thought processes
Time constraints	Time period
Tools	Traditions
Values	Way of life
Wealth	Weather conditions

Context is relevant to every communication, interpretation, understanding, decision, strategy, judgement, design and plan. It is also important to creative works such as fiction. For example, if you write a historical drama but your characters act as modern people would, your audience may find your story inauthentic.