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1. a. : to choose or elect as a member. members co-opted to the committee. b. : to appoint as a colleague or assistant. 2. a. : to take into a group (such as a faction, movement, or culture) : absorb, assimilate. The students are co-opted by a system they serve even in their struggle against it. A. C. Danto. b. : take over, appropriate.
May 13, 2021 · Abstract. This paper argues that there is little difference between opt-in and opt-out organ donation systems for increasing donor numbers when used in isolation. Independently diverting to an opt-out system confers no obvious advantage and can harm efforts to bolster donations.
- Harriet Rosanne Etheredge
- 10.2147/RMHP.S270234
- 2021
- 2021
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Co-option, also known as co-optation and sometimes spelt cooption or cooptation, has two common meanings. It may refer to the process of adding members to an elite group at the discretion of members of the body, usually to manage opposition and so maintain the stability of the group. Outsiders are "co-opted" by being given a degree of power on ...
May 14, 2024 · 3 meanings: 1. If you co-opt someone, you persuade them to help or support you. 2. If someone is co-opted into a group, they.... Click for more definitions.
(of an elected group) to make someone a member through the choice of the present members: She was co-opted on to the committee last June. to include someone in something, often against their will: Whether they liked it or not, local people were co-opted into the victory parade. to use someone else's ideas:
2 days ago · Quick Reference. A term devised by Philip Selznick (see TVA and the Grass Roots, 1949), to refer to a political process found especially in formally democratic or committee-governed organizations and systems, as a way of managing opposition and so preserving stability and the organization.
(of an elected group) to make someone a member through the choice of the present members: She was co-opted on to the committee last June. to include someone in something, often against their will: Whether they liked it or not, local people were co-opted into the victory parade. to use someone else's ideas:
