Appropriation is the act of taking possession of or assigning purpose to properties or ideas. The word appropriation was first used by a Russian theorist named Bakhtin to describe a holistic language theory. The Russian word for appropriation is prisvoenie, which directly translated means ‘to make something one’s own’. Appropriation is important in many topics, including:

• Appropriation (sociology)
  Appropriation (sociology)
  Appropriation in sociology is, according to James J. Sosnoski, "the assimilation of concepts into a governing framework...[the] arrogation, confiscation, [or] seizure of concepts." According to Tracy B Strong it contains the Latin root proprius, which, "carries the connotations not only of...
  
   in relation to the spread of knowledge
• Appropriation (art)
  Appropriation (art)
  Appropriation is a fundamental aspect in the history of the arts . Appropriation can be understood as "the use of borrowed elements in the creation of a new work."...
  
  
  • Appropriation (music)
    Appropriation (music)
    In music, appropriation is the use of borrowed elements in the creation of a new piece, and is an example of cultural appropriation....
    
     in reference to the re-use and proliferation of different types of music
    Music
    Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
    
    
• Appropriation (economics)
  Appropriation (economics)
  Appropriation is a non-violent process by which previously unowned natural resources, particularly land, become the property of a person or group of persons. The term is widely used in economics in this sense...
  
   origination of human ownership of previously unowned natural resources such as land
• Appropriation (law)
  Appropriation (law)
  In law and government, appropriation is the act of setting apart something for its application to a particular usage, to the exclusion of all other uses....
  
   as a component of government spending
• Appropriation (education)
  Appropriation (education)
  Appropriation is the process of constructing knowledge from social and cultural sources, and integrating it into pre-existing schemas. It is a developmental process that comes about through socially formulated, goal-directed, and tool-mediated actions...
  
  
• Cultural appropriation
  Cultural appropriation
  Cultural appropriation is the adoption of some specific elements of one culture by a different cultural group. It describes acculturation or assimilation, but can imply a negative view towards acculturation from a minority culture by a dominant culture. It can include the introduction of forms of...
  
   is the borrowing, or theft, of an element of cultural expression of one group by another.
• The tort of appropriation
  Personality rights
  "Personality rights" is a common or casual reference to the proper term of art "Right of Publicity". The Right of Publicity can be defined simply as the right of an individual to control the commercial use of his or her name, image, likeness or other unequivocal aspects of one's identity...
  
   is one form of invasion of privacy
  Invasion of privacy
  United States privacy law embodies several different legal concepts. One is the invasion of privacy, a tort based in common law allowing an aggrieved party to bring a lawsuit against an individual who unlawfully intrudes into his or her private affairs, discloses his or her private information,...
  
  
• Appropriation (By Any Other Name)
  Appropriation (By Any Other Name)
  "Appropriation " was a 7" and CD release by Sheffield band The Long Blondes. It was released on June 13, 2005 on Angular Records. The song is a homage to Hitchcock's 1958 film Vertigo...