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Cultural Appropriation is the adaptation of customs, practices, ideas, etc. of one people or society to another's in their own view or version.

This is a one of the phrase's no popular dictionary's will give an accurate definition on anymore in fear of being canceled and will often be changed every few months depending on the trend.
This word is a combination of appropriation, which is to set aside for one's own use or adaptation, and culture.
Cultural appropriation is a way for people around the world to create new versions of things we love such as new music, movies or clothing's.
This phrase is often used in place of Cultural Appreciation when individuals wanted to cancel others or divide society for their own agendas since , without knowledge of the real definition, cultural appropriation sounds more offensive than cultural appreciation. "How dare you appreciate my culture!" does not sound offensive and most people will enjoy, encourage, and feel loved by others appreciation their culture.
This is one of the words people like to add "often to a minority by a majority" to fit the trends of modern society.
Korean's display much Cultural Appropriation by using much of western's society's culture of media, clothing, tv series into their own adaptation to create K-pop, Karama's, etc and share it with the world. In return the world is very happy.
by ARealDefinition June 4, 2022
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