##  [Appropriation](/index.php/appropriation) 

  ##  [Appropriation](https://humanitites.quantumdictionary.io/appropriation-0) 

  

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Definition

The adoption, reworking, or relocation of material, styles, motifs, or practices originally associated with one cultural or artistic context into a new work or context such that the element’s meaning changes through reuse and recontextualization.