Appropriation

Appropriate may refer to

• Appropriate (play), a play by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

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Appropriation may refer to:

• Appropriation (art) the use of pre-existing objects or images with little or no transformation
• Appropriation (law) as a component of government spending
• Appropriation of knowledge

• Appropriation (sociology) in relation to the spread of knowledge

• Appropriation (ecclesiastical) of the income of a benefice
• Cultural appropriation, the borrowing of an element of cultural expression of one group by another
  • Reappropriation, the use with a sense of pride (of a negative word or object) by a member of the offended group
• Original appropriation, origination of human ownership of previously unowned natural resources such as land

Other terms include:

• The personality rights tort of appropriation, one form of invasion of privacy
• Appropriation (By Any Other Name), by The Long Blondes (2005)