Appropriation
noun
The act of taking something for your own use, usually without permission.
The appropriation of funds for the new project has been approved by the city council.
Often appears as...
- financial appropriation
- cultural appropriation
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Formal
noun
The action of taking something, especially borrowing or using money, for your own purpose.
The appropriation of funds is a crucial part of the budget planning.
Often appears as...
- budget appropriation
- annual appropriation
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Formal
Academic
noun
The process of adopting elements from other cultures, often without understanding or respecting the original culture and context.
Many people criticize the fashion industry for its frequent cultural appropriation.
Often appears as...
- cultural appropriation
- offensive appropriation
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Academic
noun
The act of taking something for your own use, usually without permission.
The appropriation of funds for the new project has been approved by the city council.
Often appears as...
- financial appropriation
- cultural appropriation
Usage tips
Formal
noun
The action of taking something, especially borrowing or using money, for your own purpose.
The appropriation of funds is a crucial part of the budget planning.
Often appears as...
- budget appropriation
- annual appropriation
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
The process of adopting elements from other cultures, often without understanding or respecting the original culture and context.
Many people criticize the fashion industry for its frequent cultural appropriation.
Often appears as...
- cultural appropriation
- offensive appropriation
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Permission Lacking
Used when someone takes something without the owner's approval.
The appropriation of music tracks without consent can lead to legal issues.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Often implies disapproval or wrongdoing, not a neutral term.
Her appropriation of my ideas without credit upset me greatly.
Pro Tip 3/3Implicit Ownership
The item appropriated is usually considered someone's property, either tangible or intangible.
He was accused of the appropriation of company property.
Compare with
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And that, we found, that has worked, because people understand this is then not a news material. This is rather an appropriation of Reuters' news material and a copyright infringement and I think that's part of the. In any case, the point is that when people understand that this is an intentional narrative,
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Is graffiti art? Or...
graffiti has straddled the line between being outside and inside the mainstream. And the appropriation of graffiti styles by marketers and typographers has made this definition even more unclear. The once unlikely partnerships of graffiti artists with traditional museums and brands,
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The powerful stories...
so deeply held, that even when faced with the physical archaeology, they couldn't think rationally. They could no longer see. And like so much of Africa's relationship with Enlightenment Europe, it involved appropriation, denigration and control of the continent.
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A mother and son united...
and I wanted to start to think about how I could use historical images to talk about the past being present and think about ways that we can speak to the perennial struggle for human rights and equal rights through my appropriation of photographs
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Will Mars Be a World...
the common heritage of man and that there can be no claims of national sovereignty or appropriation but we also have a bill that we put through Congress to the President signed recently that says open if you go to bars and you
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Gastronomy and the...
solve that through culinary justice here's the problem our tables are impacted by the multiple ways that racism has fed into our food system from chronic diseases to culinary appropriation now to be clear culinary
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America's native...
was completed began carrying among other things large numbers of hunters began the wholesale killing of Buffalo eliminating a source of food clothing and shelter for the Sioux 1871 the Indian appropriation Act
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Neil MacGregor: 2600...
It's a remarkable example of two different priestly appropriations of the same event, two different religious takeovers of a political fact. God, we know, is usually on the side of the big battalions.
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Civilization on the Moon...
The first is a requirement for free access to all areas of a celestial body. And the second is that the Moon and other celestial bodies are not subject to national appropriation. Now, this is crazy,
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Wicca PIPE National...
themselves the Raven and the Rose when witches gather in a circle they believe they can weave stronger magic appropriation festival tonight will be
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How digital innovation...
And that, we found, that has worked, because people understand this is then not a news material. This is rather an appropriation of Reuters' news material and a copyright infringement and I think that's part of the. In any case, the point is that when people understand that this is an intentional narrative,
Video examples
Is graffiti art? Or...
graffiti has straddled the line between being outside and inside the mainstream. And the appropriation of graffiti styles by marketers and typographers has made this definition even more unclear. The once unlikely partnerships of graffiti artists with traditional museums and brands,
Video examples
The powerful stories...
so deeply held, that even when faced with the physical archaeology, they couldn't think rationally. They could no longer see. And like so much of Africa's relationship with Enlightenment Europe, it involved appropriation, denigration and control of the continent.
Video examples
A mother and son united...
and I wanted to start to think about how I could use historical images to talk about the past being present and think about ways that we can speak to the perennial struggle for human rights and equal rights through my appropriation of photographs
Video examples
Will Mars Be a World...
the common heritage of man and that there can be no claims of national sovereignty or appropriation but we also have a bill that we put through Congress to the President signed recently that says open if you go to bars and you
Video examples
Gastronomy and the...
solve that through culinary justice here's the problem our tables are impacted by the multiple ways that racism has fed into our food system from chronic diseases to culinary appropriation now to be clear culinary
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America's native...
was completed began carrying among other things large numbers of hunters began the wholesale killing of Buffalo eliminating a source of food clothing and shelter for the Sioux 1871 the Indian appropriation Act
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Neil MacGregor: 2600...
It's a remarkable example of two different priestly appropriations of the same event, two different religious takeovers of a political fact. God, we know, is usually on the side of the big battalions.
Video examples
Civilization on the Moon...
The first is a requirement for free access to all areas of a celestial body. And the second is that the Moon and other celestial bodies are not subject to national appropriation. Now, this is crazy,
Video examples
Wicca PIPE National...
themselves the Raven and the Rose when witches gather in a circle they believe they can weave stronger magic appropriation festival tonight will be
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Dan Webster
American Politician
Let's take up the most important issues first. Let's take up the reauthorizations first; let's take up the appropriations bill first, not wait until four days beforehand - no one has mentioned anything, and, all of a sudden, somebody looks at their watch and says, 'Hey, in four days, the government is going to run out of money.
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Munira Mirza
British Public Servant
By importing into the U.K. the divisive politics of anti-racism from America, with its demented campus dramas and neuroses about 'safe spaces', 'micro-aggressions' and 'cultural appropriation,' they make it almost impossible for people of goodwill of all ethnicities to rub along together.
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David Shields
American Author
A major focus of 'Reality Hunger' is appropriation and plagiarism and what these terms mean. I can hardly treat the topic deeply without engaging in it. That would be like writing a book about lying and not being permitted to lie in it.
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Paul Hawken
American Environmentalist
That appropriation of resources and the transformation of them into goods and services through the European production system characterized, and characterizes to this day, all industrial systems including the information age.
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George Bernard Shaw
Irish Playwright
Socialism never arises in the earlier phases of capitalism, as, for instance, among the pioneers of civilisation in a country where there is plenty of land available for private appropriation by the last comer.
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David Ogilvy
English Businessman
I avoid clients for whom advertising is only a marginal factor in their marketing mix. They have an awkward tendency to raid their advertising appropriations whenever they need cash for other purposes.
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Arthur Schopenhauer
German Philosopher
Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.
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Anthea Butler
American Educator
The conversation of cultural appropriation versus appreciation is especially important for the NFL as it seeks to expand its fan base to London and all over the world.
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Jain
French Musician
Cultural appropriation is a big problem, but the thing is, I didn't invent my life. I really lived in Africa.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith
American Politician
Completing annual appropriations bills would be an important step in responsible federal budgeting.
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Dan Webster
American Politician
Let's take up the most important issues first. Let's take up the reauthorizations first; let's take up the appropriations bill first, not wait until four days beforehand - no one has mentioned anything, and, all of a sudden, somebody looks at their watch and says, 'Hey, in four days, the government is going to run out of money.
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Munira Mirza
British Public Servant
By importing into the U.K. the divisive politics of anti-racism from America, with its demented campus dramas and neuroses about 'safe spaces', 'micro-aggressions' and 'cultural appropriation,' they make it almost impossible for people of goodwill of all ethnicities to rub along together.
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David Shields
American Author
A major focus of 'Reality Hunger' is appropriation and plagiarism and what these terms mean. I can hardly treat the topic deeply without engaging in it. That would be like writing a book about lying and not being permitted to lie in it.
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Paul Hawken
American Environmentalist
That appropriation of resources and the transformation of them into goods and services through the European production system characterized, and characterizes to this day, all industrial systems including the information age.
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George Bernard Shaw
Irish Playwright
Socialism never arises in the earlier phases of capitalism, as, for instance, among the pioneers of civilisation in a country where there is plenty of land available for private appropriation by the last comer.
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David Ogilvy
English Businessman
I avoid clients for whom advertising is only a marginal factor in their marketing mix. They have an awkward tendency to raid their advertising appropriations whenever they need cash for other purposes.
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Arthur Schopenhauer
German Philosopher
Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.
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Anthea Butler
American Educator
The conversation of cultural appropriation versus appreciation is especially important for the NFL as it seeks to expand its fan base to London and all over the world.
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Jain
French Musician
Cultural appropriation is a big problem, but the thing is, I didn't invent my life. I really lived in Africa.
Quote examples
Cindy Hyde-Smith
American Politician
Completing annual appropriations bills would be an important step in responsible federal budgeting.
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