"Reclaiming" redirects here. For the neopagan organization of this name, see Reclaiming (neopaganism). For other uses, see Reclaim.
In linguistics, reappropriation, reclamation, or resignification[1] is the cultural process by which a group reclaims words or artifacts that were previously used in a way disparaging of that group. It is a specific form of a semantic change (i.e., change in a word's meaning). Linguistic reclamation can have wider implications in the fields of discourse and has been described in terms of personal or sociopolitical empowerment.
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In linguistics, reappropriation, reclamation, or resignification is the cultural process by which a group reclaims words or artifacts that were previously...
pleasant. When performed deliberately, it is described as reclamation or reappropriation. Examples of a word that has been reclaimed by portions of the community...
the word nigger, an ethnic slur against black people. As a result of reappropriation, today the word is used mostly by African-Americans in a largely non-pejorative...
The PC Master Race (abbreviated PCMR), sometimes referred to by its original phrasing as the Glorious PC Gaming Master Race, is an internet meme, subculture...
belief that the Quran should only be taken at its apparent meaning. Reappropriation is the name of the hermeneutical style of some ex-Muslims who have...
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A cripple is a person or animal with a physical disability, particularly one who is unable to walk because of an injury or illness. The word was recorded...
The following is a list of terms specific to anarchists. Anarchism is a political and social movement which advocates voluntary association in opposition...
The phrase "a nation of shopkeepers" is an expression commonly used to refer to England or the United Kingdom. It is often attributed to Napoleon, though...
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nigger is mentioned but not directly used. In an instance of linguistic reappropriation, the term nigger is also used casually and fraternally among African...
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Guardian in 2010 that tranny had recently appeared to be undergoing reappropriation to be used with pride by trans activists, but "it didn't take", due...
"Gay agenda" or "homosexual agenda" is a term used by sectors of the Christian religious right as a disparaging way to describe the advocacy of cultural...
Africa, the Middle East and Afghanistan. The word has undergone some reappropriation since the 1990s, see e.g. Kanak Sprak. Kanaka (Pacific Island worker)...
semasiological centers of expansion) A specific case of semantic change is reappropriation, a cultural process by which a group reclaims words or artifacts that...
Datu is a title which denotes the rulers (variously described in historical accounts as chiefs, sovereign princes, and monarchs) of numerous Indigenous...
common since the pagan revival in the 1970s. According to Strmiska, the reappropriation of the term "pagan" by modern pagans served as "a deliberate act of...
its negative connotations in Australia in certain contexts due to reappropriation by the intended targets of the slur, though this is still considered...
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The icon has established itself as an example of the phenomenon of reappropriation of elements of the anti-LGBT discourse in contemporary society through...
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...
LGBT rights Masculism Multiculturalism Nonviolence Racial integration Reappropriation Self-determination Social integration Toleration Related topics Allophilia...
LGBT rights Masculism Multiculturalism Nonviolence Racial integration Reappropriation Self-determination Social integration Toleration Related topics Allophilia...
returned willfully; oftentimes the only resort for a returnee looking for reappropriation was the courts. Most such property was probably never returned. According...