reappropriates
Reclaims for oneself
Reappropriates means to take something back or claim it for a new purpose.
A group might reappropriate a slur once used against them, reclaiming it as a term of pride or solidarity.
The word also applies to redirecting funds or resources: The committee reappropriates unused budget allocations at year's end.
The sense is always of reassigning something that had belonged elsewhere.
Takes back possession
- takes backWithdraws a statement
- recuperatesRegains health gradually
- reassertsAffirms something previously stated
- repossessesSeizes for unpaid debt
recontextualizes · subverts · inverts · flips · challenges · defies · empowers · redefines
Allocates anew among recipients
- reallocatesDistributes again differently
- reclaimsTakes back possession
- seizesTakes by force
- expropriatesTakes property by authority
nationalizes · collectivizes · transfers · diverts · redirects · wealth · resources · land
Those who switched faiths
- transformsChanges form completely
- adaptsModifies to suit circumstances
- reusesEmploys once more
- upcyclesConverts waste to value
recycles · salvages · renovates · retrofits · reinvents · reworks · reconfigures · repurposes
Small test portions
- remixesAltered musical recordings
- quotesRepeated words, verbatim
- referencesSources cited for verification
- borrowsTakes for temporary use
collages · pastiches · parodies · homages · covers · interpolates · reinterprets · reimagines
Demeaning identity-based insults
- symbolsMarks conveying meaning
- stereotypesOversimplified beliefs about groups
- imageryVivid descriptive language
- narrativesAccounts of events
language · terminology · epithets · iconography · tropes · heritage · traditions · artifacts
reclaims
Takes back possession
- takes backWithdraws a statement
- recuperatesRegains health gradually
- reassertsAffirms something previously stated
repossesses · recontextualizes · subverts · inverts · flips · challenges · defies · empowers · redefines · ownership
redistributes
Allocates anew among recipients
- reallocatesDistributes again differently
- reclaimsTakes back possession
- seizesTakes by force
expropriates · nationalizes · collectivizes · transfers · diverts · redirects · wealth · resources · land · assets
converts
Those who switched faiths
- transformsChanges form completely
- adaptsModifies to suit circumstances
- reusesEmploys once more
upcycles · recycles · salvages · renovates · retrofits · reinvents · reworks · reconfigures · repurposes · reimagines
samples
Small test portions
- remixesAltered musical recordings
- quotesRepeated words, verbatim
- referencesSources cited for verification
borrows · collages · pastiches · parodies · homages · covers · interpolates · reinterprets · reimagines · transforms
slurs
Demeaning identity-based insults
- symbolsMarks conveying meaning
- stereotypesOversimplified beliefs about groups
- imageryVivid descriptive language
narratives · language · terminology · epithets · iconography · tropes · heritage · traditions · artifacts · representation
reappropriatessurrenders
Ceases resistance formally
relinquishes · cedes · forfeits · gives up · yields
reappropriatesappropriates
Takes for one's use
expropriates · confiscates · seizes · takes · dispossesses
reappropriatesstigmatizes
Marks with dishonor
weaponizes · co-opts · colonizes · imposes · defines
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