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Destigmatize

//diːˈstɪɡmətaɪz// verb

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  1. 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."

Etymology

From de- + stigmatize.

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