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Definition of Co-optation

1. Noun. The selection of a new member (usually by a vote of the existing membership).

2. Noun. The act of appointing summarily (with or without the appointee's consent).

Definition of Co-optation

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of cooptation) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Co-optation

co-occurrence co-occurrences co-occurring co-occurs co-op co-operate co-operated co-operates co-operating co-operation

co-operative co-operatively co-opetition co-ops co-opt co-optation (current term) co-opted co-opting co-option co-options

co-opts co-ordinate co-ordinated co-ordinates co-ordinating co-ordination co-ordinational co-ordinator co-ordinators co-organizer

Literary usage of Co-optation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Democracy and the Organization of Political Parties by Moisei Ostrogorski (1902)
"The Council of the Association has often been able to rectify the choice of the wards by means of the co-optation rule. Men who did not commend themselves ..."

2. From the Household to the Factory: Sex Discrimination in the Guatemalan by Judith Sunderland (2002)
"It is less clear why Jiang did not opt for a policy of aggressive co-optation of Falungong, such as the leadership had used with relative success against ..."

3. Report of the Commissioners by Great Britain Royal Commission on Secondary Education (1893)
"You have spoken of co-optation to the chairman. Of course there is all the difference in the ... My idea was co-optation subject to certain limitations. ..."

4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Rectangular coordinates, a system of quantities serving to determine positions by a reference The first election and co-optation of a friend. ..."

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