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reappropriate

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English

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Etymology

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From re- +‎ appropriate.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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reappropriate (third-person singular simple present reappropriates, present participle reappropriating, simple past and past participle reappropriated)

  1. To seize and reassign.
  2. To appropriate again.
  3. (sociology) (of a group) To reclaim a term that was previously used to disparage that group.
    Once a term of homophobic abuse, the term “queer” has been reappropriated as a marker for some gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender (GLBT), and other marginalized sexual identities.
    • 2023 August 3, Wikipedia contributors, “People of the Book”, in English Wikipedia[1], Wikimedia Foundation:
      The term 'People of the Book' has been reappropriated as a means of self-identification by Jews and by the members of certain Christian denominations.
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