reappropriate
English
editEtymology
editFrom re- + appropriate.
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ɹi.əˈpɹoʊpɹieɪt/
Verb
editreappropriate (third-person singular simple present reappropriates, present participle reappropriating, simple past and past participle reappropriated)
- To seize and reassign.
- To appropriate again.
- (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.