antishame

adj

Etymology

From anti- + shame.

  1. inherited from *skamāną
  2. inherited from *skamēn
  3. inherited from sċamian
  4. inherited from schamen
  5. prefixed as antishame — “anti + shame

Definitions

  1. Opposing or countering shame.

    • Antishame exercises. Dr. Albert Ellis, a clinical psychologist, has developed a novel way for overcoming shame. He sends people out to do outlandish activities in public — such as yelling out the time of day in a department store[…]
    • The child is exposed to a verbally expressed anticontempt, antishame ideology in which the only individuals who are condemned are those who humiliate others.
    • He thus strikes a posture of defiance, an antishame posture that is one of the most popular ways of combating shame in Melville's characters.

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