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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Awkwafina minimizes the appropriative accent that brought her fame to make Katy a compelling human anchor for the otherworldly adventures the film takes its hero on.
From The Verge ● Aug. 23, 2021
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
What are the ways in which it could it be appropriative?
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 William James
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