stigmatize

Verb

Meaning

To mark with a stigma, or brand; as, the ancients stigmatized their slaves and soldiers.

To set a mark of disgrace on; to brand with some mark of reproach or infamy.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mark brand denounce stigmatise sully gibbet lower damage soil label libel shame stain degrade condemn
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Antonyms

celebrate praise acclaim dignity hail admire
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Hypernyms

mark label

Derivatives

stigmatized stigmatizing

Examples

He denounced the government action Source: Internet

She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock Source: Internet

They wanted to stigmatize the adulteress Source: Internet

Brett Giroir told the Blade on Monday faith-based groups are stepping up to do the job when others won’t, despite concerns those organizations refuse to treat LGBTQ people or stigmatize the disease. Source: Internet

Besides, both Kenya and Uganda also stigmatize homosexuality, sex work, and HIV. Source: Internet

In the 1930s, "In the face of worldwide antisemitic efforts to stigmatize and destroy Judaism, influential Christians and Jews in America labored to uphold it, pushing Judaism from the margins of American religious life towards its very center." Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

stigmatist stigmatizable stigmatization stigmatized stigmatizer stigmatophilia