Antonyms for appropriation
əˌproʊ priˈeɪ ʃənap·pro·pri·a·tion

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1. • Acquiring
   • Incorporation
   • Legislature
   • Money

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1. appropriationnoun

   money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose

   Synonyms:
   annexation

2. annexation, appropriationnoun

   incorporation by joining or uniting

   Synonyms:
   annexation

3. appropriationnoun

   a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner

   "the necessary funds were obtained by the government's appropriation of the company's operating unit"; "a person's appropriation of property belonging to another is dishonest"

   Synonyms:
   annexation

How to use appropriation in a sentence?

1. Peyton Reed:

   It's just such a great metaphor. They have built their entire reputation on the backs of someone else's hard work, cultural appropriation has always been a thing from Elvis, The Beatles and everybody who, as [ Isis ] says, is' putting blonde hair on it and calling it something different.'.

2. Arthur Schopenhauer:

   Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.

3. Flint Mayor Karen Weaver:

   Governor Snyder’s proposed supplemental appropriation is a down payment on lead pipe removal.

4. Arthuer Schopenhauer:

   Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.

5. Diana Rose:

   Cultural appropriation is if you are engaging with those practices in a way that directly goes against the stated preferences of the currently alive people who are from that culture that the practice comes from.

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