destigmatise

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A form of destigmatize — To remove the disgraceful or ignominious characterization; to remove stigma or stigmata.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

verbdestigmatise (third-person singular simple present destigmatises, present participle destigmatising, simple past and past participle destigmatised)

present singular third person destigmatises · participle present destigmatising · participle past destigmatised · past destigmatised

  1. UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of destigmatize.

    Training for railway employees will continue as before, as will work within the wider community to destigmatise suicide and promote help-seeking behaviour.

    2020 July 1, Ruth Sutherland, Neil Peters, “Answering the call”, in Rail, page 47
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APA

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

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Chicago

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

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