cultural appropriation

== English == === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈkʌlt͡ʃ(ə)ɹəl əˌpɹoʊpɹiˈeɪʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === cultural appropriation (countable and uncountable, plural cultural appropriations) (sociology) The (often financially) exploitative, oppressive and/or inaccurate cooption of elements of one culture by members of a different culture, often of those which have a history of stigmatisation. 2000, David Hesmondhalgh, in Born/Hesmondhalgh, Western Music and Its Others, p. 280: What are the implications for our understanding of the ethics of cultural appropriation when the sound of a Pacific island women's choir becomes the hook of a club hit in Europe, without reward, recompense, or credit for that choir? ==== Hypernyms ==== appropriation ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “cultural appropriation”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.