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.
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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
To selectively read conceals the appropriative interest of humanism.
From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2018
At Oberlin College, students decried their dining hall’s General Tso’s chicken as culturally appropriative.
From Washington Post • Jun. 2, 2017
It is the appropriative words, thine and mine, which make this history different from any other history.
From The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
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