co-optation noun.
[kǝʊɒp'teɪʃ(ǝ)n] Also *
coöptation.
M16.[Latin cooptatio(n-), formed as CO-OPTATE: see -ATION.]Election into a body by the votes of its existing members. Formerly more widely, election, adoption.
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