appropriative
Americanadjective
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of or relating to the authorized designation of something for a specific purpose or use.
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of or relating to the taking of something for one's own use.
Other Word Forms
- misappropriative adjective
- non-appropriative adjective
- reappropriative adjective
Example Sentences
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As news about Sifu slowly trickled out, some people accused the game of being appropriative of Asian culture as it seemed no Asians were involved in making it.
From The Verge • Feb. 7, 2022
If you go ahead, I think you’ll also just have to live with knowing that some people might consider it strange and/or appropriative.
From Slate • Jun. 30, 2021
Recently, my latest book, a contemporary novel about a pregnant Latinx anthropologist who has to battle her way through an apocalyptic New Mexico, was labeled "appropriative" — as in, culturally — in an online review.
From Salon • Jan. 26, 2020
To selectively read conceals the appropriative interest of humanism.
From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2018
It would sleep undisturbed in its own past, no matter how many such successors went through their several appropriative acts.
From Essays in Radical Empiricism by James, William
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