COOPT


Meaning of COOPT in English

— cooptation, co-optation, cooption, co-option /koh op"sheuhn/ , n. — cooptative, co-optative /koh op"teuh tiv/ , cooptive, co-optive , adj.

/koh opt"/ , v.t.

1. to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.

2. to assimilate, take, or win over into a larger or established group: The fledgling Labor party was coopted by the Socialist party.

3. to appropriate as one's own; preempt: The dissidents have coopted the title of her novel for their slogan.

Also, co-opt .

[ 1645-55; cooptare. See CO-, OPT ]

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