Definition of Cooption

1. Noun. A cooptation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cooption

1. the act of coopting [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cooption

coopery
coopetition
cooping
cooping up
coops
coops up
coopt
cooptate
cooptated
cooptates
cooptating
cooptation
cooptations
coopted
coopting
cooption (current term)
cooptions
coopts
coorbital
coorbitals
coordain
coordained
coordaining
coordains
coordinance
coordinances
coordinate
coordinate axis
coordinate bond
coordinate bonds

Literary usage of Cooption

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

1. The Exemplary Theatre by Harley Granville-Barker (1922)
"Service for one year or three or seven or a lifetime; the filling of vacancies now and then by cooption—these are important but mainly circumstantial ..."

2. The New Constitutions of Europe by Howard Lee McBain, Lindsay Rogers (1922)
"... of the Commission might, it was thought, retire every year, and the vacancies thus created, as well as casual vacancies, might be filled by cooption. ..."

3. A Bishop and His World Before the Gregorian Reform: Hubert of Angers, 1006-1047 by Fanning, Steven (1988)
"... at least in part in the name of the king. What role, if any, Hubert played in the conflict within the royal family ca. 1027, concerning the cooption of ..."

4. Guild Socialism: An Historical and Critical Analysis by Niles Carpenter (1922)
"At Walthamstow and Greenwich the Works Committees on the two housing schemes are represented on the Area Committees through cooption. ..."

5. Guild Socialism: An Historical and Critical Analysis by Niles Carpenter (1922)
"At Walthamstow and Greenwich the Works Committees on the two housing schemes are represented on the Area Committees through cooption. ..."

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