Example Sentences

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Health officials in California recently started to use the name MPX — pronounced mpox — instead of monkeypox because of widespread concerns the older name is stigmatizing and racist.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2022

“Doing so is stigmatizing and damaging. It interferes with their ability to learn at school and can lead to physical harms as well,” Mr. Davidson said.

From Washington Times • Sep. 7, 2022

These psychiatrists, psychologists, social activists, survivors, ex-patients, and others have argued that the label “schizophrenic” is stigmatizing.

From Slate • Jul. 28, 2022

“The fact the attorney general is stigmatizing someone who may have been diagnosed with depression is troubling and insulting.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 10, 2021

One of the most common, Applied Behavior Analysis, is stigmatizing and traumatizing, self-advocates say, because it teaches autistic people to mimic neurotypical behaviors that are not natural to them.

From Washington Post • Sep. 19, 2019