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Definition of destigmatize
transitive verb
: to remove associations of shame or disgrace from destigmatize mental illness
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Over the past few years, a menstruation movement—spearheaded largely by female activists, many of them millennials—has swept the U.S., aiming to destigmatize periods and bring safer products to women and girls everywhere.
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Today on The Atlantic Blood Feud: In recent years, American pop culture has attempted to destigmatize the association between women and bleeding.
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Fisher’s willingness to talk about her mental illness helped destigmatize it for many ordinary Americans, and likely led to more people talking to their friends and family about their feelings, and eventually seeking treatment, Leventhal said.
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This visit was to promote Time to Talk Day, an offshoot of the Heads Together campaign to destigmatize mental health issues.
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Fisher’s willingness to talk about her mental illness helped destigmatize it for many ordinary Americans, and likely led to more people talking to their friends and family about their feelings, and eventually seeking treatment, said Leventhal.
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By his example, Woods could do much to help destigmatize the misuse of prescription medication, which is a nationwide problem.
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Schools should help all children feel welcome and destigmatize the spectrum of human experience.
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First Known Use of destigmatize
1973
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