co-option

American  

[koh-ahp-shuhn] / ˌkoʊˈɑp ʃən /

noun

plural

co-options

1. the act or practice of co-opting.

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Other Word Forms

• co-optional adjective

Example Sentences

That’s why trying to present anthropological work “impartially,” letting the data speak for itself, leaves the door open to co-option, said Robin Nelson, a biological anthropologist at Arizona State University.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 29, 2024

This joining of genes is called co-option, an old concept in evolutionary biology that has been used to explain why some features in nature seem like miracles.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2023

The Seattle Times spoke with Gordon over Zoom about the capitalist co-option of body positivity, how white supremacy is built into health care, and how hosting “Maintenance Phase” has changed her life.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 4, 2023

It’s also difficult to assess as art, given how it collapses lines between collaboration and co-option and between cinema and supportive treatment.

From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2021

Duigenan explains that it took five years’ hard study to get a fellowship; that the juniors were subject to incessant toil and irksome bondage as tutors, and that their single compensating prospect was co-option.

From The Commercial Restraints of Ireland by Hutchinson, John Hely