shame-casting

English

Etymology

From shame +‎ casting.

Noun

shame-casting (plural not attested)

  1. (rare) The act of causing others to feel shame.
    • 1992, Lori Waite Turner, Life Choices: Health Concepts and Strategies, page 67:
      To become emotionally healthy, the student will need to learn to stay tuned into guilt when appropriate, but reject shame-casting and nurture self-esteem.
    • 2003, Jeffrey J. Santa Ana, Critical Emotions, page 265:
      Yet her pride emphasizes the fact that she does not internalize the shame-casting disdain of white people.
    • 2021, Liat Berdugo, The Weaponized Camera in the Middle East:
      Such shame-casting seeks to reinscribe the shaming hypothesis as a valid and effective measure toward altering the sociopolitical order.
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