destigmatize

动词 v.
/diːˈstɪɡmətaɪz/   

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To remove the disgraceful or ignominious characterization; to remove stigma or stigmata. transitive
    — 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.

词形变化

destigmatizes present,singular,third-person destigmatizing participle,present destigmatized participle,past destigmatized past destigmatise alternative

词源

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.
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