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- verb UK Alternative spelling of
destigmatize .
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Examples
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The "wow" prices and directional styling of pieces retailing for £4 were given reassuring tags like "Primarni!" that helped destigmatise fashion that was as cheap as chips.
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Fry's theory that straight women use sex as a currency in their pursuit of romantic love appears to run contrary to the wider movement to destigmatise – or "de-slut" – ideas surrounding sexually active females.
Stephen Fry shocks feminists by claiming women don't really like sex Polly Vernon 2010
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You can read about an initiative by Egyptian bloggers to destigmatise HIV/AIDS here.
Global Voices in English » Bloggers Reflect On HIV/AIDS Awareness In Arab World 2009
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You can read about an initiative by Egyptian bloggers to destigmatise HIV/AIDS here.
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However, it seems that steps are being made to destigmatise the disease in some countries in the region.
Global Voices in English » Bloggers Reflect On HIV/AIDS Awareness In Arab World 2009
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Narey acknowledges that there will be resistance from both "left and right", but believes there is an urgent need to "destigmatise care".
Barnardo's boss says more children need to be placed in care 2010
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Out in our various communities, we need to be able to not only acknowledge that Yes, not everyone can do the same thing, but also destigmatise that fact.
Training Dave Hingsburger 2007
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With regards to HIV and AIDS, public education remains an important part of our national programme, including the campaign to destigmatise the disease, as emphasised at the Candlelight Memorial events in Rustenburg on 15 th of May and here in Parliament on the 18 th of May.
Address by Deputy President Jacob Zuma on the Occasion of Budget Vote 1, The Presidency 2005
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The latest issue of open-access medical journal PLoS Medicine has two articles discussing the campaign to destigmatise schizophrenia, and the role of the media in communicating health information.
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The latest issue of open-access medical journal PLoS Medicine has two articles discussing the campaign to destigmatise schizophrenia, and the role of the media in communicating health information.
Mind Hacks: Mental illness, the media and stigmatisation 2005
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