Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to destigmatize
Participle: destigmatized
Gerund: destigmatizing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | destigmatize |
| you | destigmatize |
| he;she;it | destigmatizes |
| we | destigmatize |
| you | destigmatize |
| they | destigmatize |
Perfect
| I | have destigmatized |
| you | have destigmatized |
| he;she;it | has destigmatized |
| we | have destigmatized |
| you | have destigmatized |
| they | have destigmatized |
Past
| I | destigmatized |
| you | destigmatized |
| he;she;it | destigmatized |
| we | destigmatized |
| you | destigmatized |
| they | destigmatized |
Pluperfect
| I | had destigmatized |
| you | had destigmatized |
| he;she;it | had destigmatized |
| we | had destigmatized |
| you | had destigmatized |
| they | had destigmatized |
Future
| I | will destigmatize |
| you | will destigmatize |
| he;she;it | will destigmatize |
| we | will destigmatize |
| you | will destigmatize |
| they | will destigmatize |
Future Perfect
| I | will have destigmatized |
| you | will have destigmatized |
| he;she;it | will have destigmatized |
| we | will have destigmatized |
| you | will have destigmatized |
| they | will have destigmatized |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | destigmatize |
| you | destigmatize |
| he;she;it | destigmatize |
| we | destigmatize |
| you | destigmatize |
| they | destigmatize |
Perfect
| I | have destigmatized |
| you | have destigmatized |
| he;she;it | have destigmatized |
| we | have destigmatized |
| you | have destigmatized |
| they | have destigmatized |
Imperfect
| I | destigmatized |
| you | destigmatized |
| he;she;it | destigmatized |
| we | destigmatized |
| you | destigmatized |
| they | destigmatized |
Pluperfect
| I | had destigmatized |
| you | had destigmatized |
| he;she;it | had destigmatized |
| we | had destigmatized |
| you | had destigmatized |
| they | had destigmatized |
Conditional
Present
| I | would destigmatize |
| you | would destigmatize |
| he;she;it | would destigmatize |
| we | would destigmatize |
| you | would destigmatize |
| they | would destigmatize |
Perfect
| I | would have destigmatized |
| you | would have destigmatized |
| he;she;it | would have destigmatized |
| we | would have destigmatized |
| you | would have destigmatized |
| they | would have destigmatized |
Imperative
| you | destigmatize |
| we | Let's destigmatize |
| you | destigmatize |
Verbs conjugated like 'destigmatize'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'destigmatize'
destigmatise,
restigmatize,
re-stigmatize,
stigmatize,
desomatize,
enigmatize,
stigmatise,
bestialize,
dearomatize,
decimalize,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *de
3. Proto-Indo-European *-h₁
4. Proto-Indo-European *déh₁
5. Proto-Italic *dē
6. Latin dē
7. Latin dē-der.
8. English de-
9. Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg-der.
10. Proto-Hellenic *stíďďō
11. Ancient Greek στῐ́ζω (stĭ́zō)
12. Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
13. Proto-Hellenic *-mə
14. Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă)
15. Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma)
16. Proto-Indo-European *-id-
17. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
18. Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
19. Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
20. Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō)
21. Ancient Greek στιγματίζω (stigmatízō)bor.
22. Medieval Latin stigmatizōbor.
23. English stigmatize
24. English destigmatize
25. From de- + stigmatize.
Sample Sentences
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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. [1996 June 16, Linda Tagliaferro, “Long Island Q & A: Dr. Harold S. Koplewicz;Helping to Combat Child and Adolescent Mental Disorders”, in The New York Times:]
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Like any other literary form, pathography can be good or bad, Dr. Kramer said. When it is good, "it destigmatizes an illness. It's refreshing. It can show that depression or attention deficit disorder doesn't disqualify anyone from the full range of social behavior." [1999 April 24, Sarah Boxer, “THINK TANK; A Son's Simple Diagnosis of His Father's Complexities”, in The New York Times:]
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Before we can destigmatize suicide — assuming that is what we want to do — we must acknowledge that killing oneself is still an intensely stigmatized act... [1999, Thomas Stephen Szasz, Fatal freedom: the ethics and politics of suicide:]
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The “untreated” part is important, because Dr. Clayton went on to become one of the leading voices for destigmatizing depression and suicide in America. [2021 July 10, Clay Risen, “Paula J. Clayton Dies at 86; Helped Destigmatize Depression and Suicide”, in The New York Times:]
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“All these companies now are trying to be hip and colorful and just really destigmatize these products,” said Leslie Schrock, an investor with several portfolio companies in the women’s health sector and the author of books on pregnancy and fertility. [2023 October 1, Jordyn Holman, quoting Leslie Schrock, “Gen Z Wants Feminine Care Brands to Just Say Vagina”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:]