shame-casting

noun

The act of causing others to feel shame.

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Meanings

nounshame-casting (plural not attested)
  1. no pluralrareThe act of causing others to feel shame.

    Yet her pride emphasizes the fact that she does not internalize the shame-casting disdain of white people.

    2003, Jeffrey J. Santa Ana, Critical Emotions, page 265
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    To become emotionally healthy, the student will need to learn to stay tuned into guilt when appropriate, but reject shame-casting and nurture self-esteem.

    1992, Lori Waite Turner, Life Choices: Health Concepts and Strategies, page 67

    Such shame-casting seeks to reinscribe the shaming hypothesis as a valid and effective measure toward altering the sociopolitical order.

    2021, Liat Berdugo, The Weaponized Camera in the Middle East

Origin

From shame + casting.

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