"destigmatize" meaning in All languages combined

See destigmatize on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /diːˈstɪɡmətaɪz/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-destigmatize.wav [Southern-England] Forms: destigmatizes [present, singular, third-person], destigmatizing [participle, present], destigmatized [participle, past], destigmatized [past], destigmatise [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg-der. Proto-Hellenic *stiďďō Ancient Greek στῐ́ζω (stĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō) Ancient Greek στιγματίζω (stigmatízō)bor. Medieval Latin stigmatizōbor. English stigmatize English destigmatize From de- + stigmatize. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|de-|stigmatize|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg-der. Proto-Hellenic *stiďďō Ancient Greek στῐ́ζω (stĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō) Ancient Greek στιγματίζω (stigmatízō)bor. Medieval Latin stigmatizōbor. 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Head templates: {{en-verb}} destigmatize (third-person singular simple present destigmatizes, present participle destigmatizing, simple past and past participle destigmatized)
  1. (transitive) To remove the disgraceful or ignominious characterization; to remove stigma or stigmata. Tags: transitive Derived forms: destigmatizer Related terms: destigmatization Translations (remove the disgraceful or ignominious characterization from): déstigmatiser (French), entstigmatisieren (German), destigmatisieren [rare] (German), destygmatyzować [imperfective] (Polish), zdestygmatyzować [perfective] (Polish), desestigmatizar (Spanish)

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