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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Religious horror — which is to say, horror movies that specifically evoke religious imagery — can be hopelessly hokey, thoughtlessly appropriative, or thoughtful.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024
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
In what ways have I been appropriative as an author?
From Salon ● Jan. 26, 2020
“My reaction to being in this appropriative creative mindset was, ‘I’ll make it about a place I live, because I know it,’” he says.
From The Verge ● Sep. 1, 2018
To be ‘conscious’ means not simply to be, but to be reported, known, to have awareness of one’s being added to that being; and this is just what happens when the appropriative experience supervenes.
From Essays in Radical Empiricism by William James
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