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cooptation
or co-op·ta·tion
[ koh-op-tey-shuhn ]
noun
- the act or process of being elected or selected into a body by the existing members:
Investigators and judges are selected via cooptation, not recruited through a public selection procedure.
- the act or process of being assimilated or taken over by a larger or more established group:
The revolutionaries declined to make specific demands as a defense against cooptation by established political parties or the labor unions.
- the act or process of taking possession or making use of something without permission:
At the heart of punk ideology lies a harsh condemnation of modern society combined with a self-conscious sense of irony about the commercial cooptation of the message of this supposedly antisocial music.
- the act or process of being bribed or manipulated into changing sides:
In order to prevent cooptation of their delegates, the organization changed representatives every few months.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cooptation1
First recorded in 1530–40; coopt ( def ) + -ation ( def )
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