stigmatize
verb (used with object)
to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon.
stigmatizing
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present participleof stigmatize.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Even a clear definition of UPFs runs the risk of stigmatizing certain healthy foods.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 23, 2026
“These Americans have biological markers of Alzheimer’s disease risk starting in their brain and detectable in their blood. It doesn’t mean all 47 million Americans have a stigmatizing diagnosis like Alzheimer’s.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
Hearing voices that don’t exist “can be a really stigmatizing experience,” Powers said.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2025
Clinicians “will go towards the less stigmatizing diagnosis, which is bipolar disorder,” he explained.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2024
You, however, ladies and gentlemen, naturally cannot as yet understand what justification I have for stigmatizing as a prejudice so abstract a phrase as this one, that "the psychic is consciousness."
From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud
