antishaming

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adjective

Opposing the practice of shaming.

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Meanings

adjectiveantishaming (comparative more antishaming, superlative most antishaming)

comparative more antishaming · superlative most antishaming

  1. Opposing the practice of shaming.

    Although the Tar Baby folk story points to a shameful racial legacy — and even the term, "tar baby," has come down as a racial slur — Morrison, in a characteristic antishaming maneuver, also locates a positive African message in this story.

    2000, J. Brooks Bouson, Quiet As It's Kept

Origin

From anti- + shaming.

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APA

antishaming. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antishaming

MLA

“antishaming.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antishaming. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antishaming,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antishaming.

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