destigmatizing
destigmatizing is the present participle and gerund of destigmatize.
Meaning of destigmatize
Verb
destigmatize (third-person singular simple present destigmatizes, present participle destigmatizing, simple past and past participle destigmatized)
- To remove the disgraceful or ignominious characterization; to remove stigma or stigmata.
- Judy Rappaport's "The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing," about obsessive-compulsive disorder, brought this disorder out of the closet to the point where we've destigmatized it.1996 June 16, Linda Tagliaferro, “Long Island Q & A: Dr. Harold S. Koplewicz;Helping to Combat Child and Adolescent Mental Disorders”, in The New York Times
- Antonyms:
- stigmatize
Questions about destigmatizing
- What is destigmatizing the present participle and gerund of?
- Destigmatizing is the present participle and gerund of destigmatize.
Words near destigmatizing in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: destigmatizing (page history and authors); destigmatize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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