Synonyms & related words for cooption

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Words related to cooption

Explore words related to cooption — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include cooptation, coopt, entryism, depoliticization, nonelected, politicization, disempowerment, preselection. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does cooption come from?

The word cooption breaks down into 3 roots of Latin origin: co-, from Latin com (“together, jointly”); opt, from Latin optare (“to choose”); and -ion, from Latin io (“act of”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.