antishaming

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English

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Etymology

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anti- +‎ shaming

Adjective

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antishaming (comparative more antishaming, superlative most antishaming)

  1. Opposing the practice of shaming.
    • 2000, J. Brooks Bouson, Quiet As It's Kept:
      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.