reappropriate.
To seize and reassign.
Meaning & usage
To seize and reassign.
To appropriate again.
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.
Where this word comes from
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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