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  • noun The activity of shaming (see the verb shame).
  • verb Present participle of shame.

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Examples

  • All the terrible guys I had encountered that night had really succeeded in shaming me tonight, even when they weren't there.

    Giulia Rozzi: A Cure For Cat-Calling? Giulia Rozzi 2010

  • All the terrible guys I had encountered that night had really succeeded in shaming me tonight, even when they weren't there.

    Giulia Rozzi: A Cure For Cat-Calling? Giulia Rozzi 2010

  • I noted that fat shaming is sexist as long as it is done differently to men and women mostly because I'm hopelessly pedantic.

    I want you to stop stalking "overweight" women. - Feministing 2009

  • All the terrible guys I had encountered that night had really succeeded in shaming me tonight, even when they weren't there.

    Giulia Rozzi: A Cure For Cat-Calling? Giulia Rozzi 2010

  • All the terrible guys I had encountered that night had really succeeded in shaming me tonight, even when they weren't there.

    Giulia Rozzi: A Cure For Cat-Calling? Giulia Rozzi 2010

  • All the terrible guys I had encountered that night had really succeeded in shaming me tonight, even when they weren't there.

    Giulia Rozzi: A Cure For Cat-Calling? Giulia Rozzi 2010

  • The present system of hyper-focus and shaming is not working, and I hate to see proposals like this, that would indoctrinate a whole new generation of kids into these obsessive and unhealthy perspectives.

    I want you to stop stalking "overweight" women. - Feministing 2009

  • I wrote a blog post about Perez Hilton's misogyny, citing the recent situation with Prejean as a primary example, and attempting to point out that "slut-shaming" is a great way to shoot yourself in the foot if you care about gay activism.

    Shaming Miss California: Stop fighting homophobia with misogyny - Feministing 2009

  • Bullying and shaming is wrong even when it is done inadvertently and makes us realize how easy it is to fall into that type of thinking.

    Melissa Silverstein: The Shaming of Fat People Melissa Silverstein 2010

  • But the response is that you have no right to assist a parent in shaming and emotionally damaging a child by telling them to be ashamed of their skin color or gender or sexual orientation.

    07/29/2005 2005

  • Some say that doctors are too willing to prescribe these drugs to people who might be better helped by psychological therapies or by changing their life circumstances, but people who feel they benefit from the medicines sometimes see such sentiments as “pill shaming”.

    Coming off antidepressants risks relapse – but so does staying on them #author.fullName} 2021

  • In the last couple of years, the concept of “flight shaming” — originally coined as “flygskam” by the Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg — has gained momentum as part of an anti-air-travel environmental movement.

    Shhh! We’re Heading Off on Vacation By 2020

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