verb
Meaning 1
To seize and reassign.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
reappropriate
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General-American: /ɹi.əˈpɹoʊpɹieɪt/
verb
Meaning 2
To appropriate again.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonym: reassign
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reassign
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To reclaim a term that was previously used to disparage the reclaimers' own social group.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, sciences, social-science, sociology
Examples
- 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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: take back, reclaim
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English appropriate English reappropriate From re- + appropriate.