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Pronunciation / Transliteration: sah-yojan
"समिति में नए सदस्यों का सहयोजन गुप्त मतदान के बिना हुआ।"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The process of adding new members to a body by appointment of the existing members rather than by election.
"The board ensured continuity through the cooptation of two senior industry experts." - 2
The assimilation or absorption of potential opposition, revolutionary movements, or critical external groups into an established system or culture to neutralize them.
"Critics argued that the corporate sponsorship of grassroots art was merely a strategic cooptation of radical culture."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin cooptatio, stemming from cooptare meaning 'to elect or choose as a colleague', formed from co- ('together') and optare ('to choose'). The term evolved historically in political sociology and organizational theory to describe the process by which a group subsumes or integrates new members, potential opposition, or external elements to neutralize threat and maintain stability.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Cooptation" is said worldwide
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cooptation
Transliteration: /ko.ɔp.ta.sjɔ̃/
"La cooptation est une méthode fréquente de renouvellement des conseils d'administration."
Kooptation
Transliteration: /ko.ɔp.taˈt͡si̯oːn/
"Die Kooptation neuer Mitglieder sicherte das Überleben des Gremiums."
cooptazione
Transliteration: /ko.op.taˈt͡sjo.ne/
"Il comitato ha proceduto alla cooptazione di un nuovo socio."
cooptación
Transliteration: /ko.op.taˈsjon/
"La cooptación de líderes opositores debilitó el movimiento social."
cooptação
Transliteration: /ku.op.taˈsɐ̃w̃/
"A cooptação de novos membros evitou conflitos internos na diretoria."
सहयोजन
Transliteration: sah-yojan
"समिति में नए सदस्यों का सहयोजन गुप्त मतदान के बिना हुआ।"
吸纳
Transliteration: xīnà
"该组织通过吸纳持不同政见者来消解反对声音。"
포섭
Transliteration: poseop
"정부의 야당 인사 포섭은 정치적 갈등을 완화했다."
取り込み
Transliteration: torikomi
"野党勢力の取り込みにより政権基盤が安定した。"
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