reappropriate

动词 v.
中文释义
美 /ɹi.əˈpɹoʊpɹieɪt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To seize and reassign.
  2. To appropriate again.
    — Near-synonym: reassign
  3. 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.

词形变化

reappropriates present,singular,third-person reappropriating participle,present reappropriated participle,past reappropriated past

词汇关系

相关词
reappropriation

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English appropriate
English reappropriate
From re- + appropriate.
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