to destigmatize
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- verb
- /dɛˈstɪɡməˌtaɪz/
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desestigmatizar
- The campaign seeks to destigmatize the use of social services among low-income families.
If you are interested in non kink shaming conversations, we are destigmatizing kink in the black community.
- If you are interested in non kink shaming conversations, we are destigmatizing kink in the black community.
- So I'm sharing my story to and as have others, of course, to, to work toward destigmatizing this, this addiction.
- I try to push it to the front of the narrative, the conversation in American Society, and destigmatize it.
Examples
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Many organizations aim to destigmatize mental health issues by promoting open discussions.
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What I read is that the idea behind it is to destigmatize periods.
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So I thought later, when I thought much later, I thought, I want to make a movie that will help destigmatize mental disability.
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Subsequently, the Army has become more aggressive in its attempts to destigmatize treatment and make it more accessible to soldiers (Army Mental Health Advisory Team, 2005).
Academic text (2009) -
This becomes possible when the categories "homosexual," "gay," or "lesbian," etc. have been sufficiently destigmatized that the individual accepts membership in them.
Blog text (17) -
Finally, during the first session, it is important to explain the counseling and treatment plan to demystify and destigmatize the process (Schwarzbaum, 2004).
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Please, please consider yourself hugged, patted, congratulated, and applauded for so many things: your bravery, willingness to share, desire to help others by destigmatizing depression, and your intense honesty.
Blog text (32) -
Efforts to destigmatize addiction have led to more compassionate treatment options for those in need.
Antonyms
How Stigmatized
Surface Forms
Morphology
destigmatize = stigmatize (semi-transparent) = de + stigmat + ize
The prefix 'de-' clearly adds the meaning of removal or reversal to 'stigmatize', yielding 'remove stigma from'.
Etymology
Destigmatize comes from de- meaning 'remove' and stigma meaning 'mark' or 'shame'. So, to destigmatize something is like taking away a bad mark so people stop feeling shame about it and it becomes more accepted.