Appropriate may refer to * Appropriate (play), a play by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins 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 Cultural appropriation is the inappropriate or unacknowledged adoption of an element or elements of one culture or identity by members of another culture or identity. This can be controversial when members of a dominant culture appropriate from ...

, 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 Personality rights, sometimes referred to as the right of publicity, are rights for an individual to control the commercial use of their identity, such as name, image, likeness, or other unequivocal identifiers. They are generally considered as ...

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

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