antishaming

English

Etymology

anti- +‎ shaming

Adjective

antishaming (comparative more antishaming, superlative most antishaming)

1. Opposing the practice of shaming.
   • 2000, J. Brooks Bouson, Quiet As It's Kept:

     Although the Tar Baby folk story points to a shameful racial legacy — and even the term, "tar baby," has come down as a racial slur — Morrison, in a characteristic antishaming maneuver, also locates a positive African message in this story.