reappropriate
verbUS /ɹi.əˈpɹoʊpɹieɪt/
Etymology From re- + appropriate.
1
To seize and reassign.
2
To appropriate again.
- Near-synonym: reassign
3
Human sciences, Sciences, Social science, Sociology To reclaim a term that was previously used to disparage the reclaimers' own social group.
- Once a term of homophobic abuse, the term “queer” has been reappropriated as a marker for some gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender (GLBT), and other marginalized sexual identities.
- The term 'People of the Book' has been reappropriated as a means of self-identification by Jews and by the members of certain Christian denominations.2023 August 3, Wikipedia contributors, “People of the Book”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation:
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