stigmatize
verb (used with object)
to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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I worry, too, that by even writing these words I am stigmatizing him.
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2021