Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

antishame

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: an-ti-shame
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Opposing or countering shame.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From anti- + shame.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: anti

Inflected Forms

more antishame (comparative) most antishame (superlative)

Questions

What does antishame mean?: Opposing or countering shame.
Where does antishame come from?: From anti- + shame.

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