appropriation
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- noun
- /əˌproʊpriˈeɪʃən/
- Many artists have faced criticism for appropriation when they use styles from cultures not their own.
- cultural appropriation
- private appropriation
- appropriation of land
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- And also to, I mean the whole thing about like cultural appropriation that.
- I I spent some time in the book trying to trace what I call Dylan's bourgeois appropriation of the folk tradition.
- The triteness, he tells us, is the penalty of appropriation, of making it ours, right?
- Nozick's conclusion is that appropriation of private property satisfies the intent behind the enough and as good leftover proviso.
- So you had this kind of appropriation frequently.
- So there's been for both of them a appropriation from their family life.
- I think what I'm saying is, is I think that queer is an appropriation of queer.
- Or the problem is a synonym for cultural appropriation is world history, trade, transfer of ideas, influences.
Examples
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The thing about the cultural appropriation in this movie, is there were Asian American actors who actually worked in Hollywood.
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My interpretation of the Proviso, far from ruling out original appropriation, actually requires it.
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- But then I also thought, you know, it's a little bit of cultural appropriation here.
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So you had this kind of appropriation frequently.
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It's just a complete appropriation.
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"When a trend moves from one culture to another, it is called 'appropriation.'
Academic text (2012) -
In some countries, such conflicts erupted over the appropriation of foreign aid.
Academic text (1999) -
Upon closer examination of teens' media practices in this study, two types of appropriation have been discerned.
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Plascencia maintains, however, that low riders recognize the appropriation and manipulation of their popular expressive form.
Academic text (1990) -
Cultural appropriation occurs when someone adopts elements of another culture without permission.
Synonyms
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An act of taking someone else's property without permission to keep it
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Getting something to own, often by buying, like a company or a painting
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Taking something that belongs to another person without permission
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Taking land, buildings, or other property, often by force
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Copying someone else's words or ideas and pretending they are your own
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The act of a country adding land to make it its own
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Getting something so it belongs to you
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Taking money or things you were trusted with and using them for yourself
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Taking power, position, property or rights without the legal right to do so
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The taking of private land by the government to use for a public project
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Taking words, ideas, or styles from other people and using them in your work
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Using cultural objects or images in new ways to change their meaning
Taking something away from the person who owns or uses it
Getting something, often by finding or buying it
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
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A proposal that lets the government spend public money for a specific purpose
How Legitimate
Surface Forms
Morphology
appropriation = appropriate (transparent) = appropriate + ion
Formed by nominalizing the verb 'appropriate' (to take), so the meaning 'the act of taking' is directly derived.
Etymology
Appropriation comes from the Latin root proprius meaning 'own', the same root as the everyday word property. So to appropriate something is to make it 'your own', which helps explain how it can mean taking or using something, sometimes without permission.