reappropriate

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ appropriate.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹi.əˈpɹoʊpɹieɪt/

Verb

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

1. To seize and reassign.

   Coordinate term: expropriate

2. To appropriate again.

   Near-synonym: reassign

3. (sociology) To reclaim a term that was previously used to disparage the reclaimers' own social group.

   Synonyms: take back, reclaim

   Coordinate term: appropriate

   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, 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.

Related terms

• reappropriation