stigmatize
verb (used with object)
to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon.
stigmatized
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past participleof stigmatize.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof stigmatize.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
stigmatizeverb (used with object)to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon.
Example Sentences
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Here, Bamford is as honest and casually hysterical as she’s always been, discussing mental illness with the candor such a stigmatized and distorted topic deserves.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
Fur "was stigmatized for so long," Jacobs told AFP, posing before a full-length mirror and assessing a potential crop.
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
Some were less comfortable with the possibility of false positives, since there are often autistic people, or users whose first language isn’t English, whose writing styles are stigmatized as A.I.-like.
From Slate ● Apr. 1, 2026
Constant surveillance, an inability to make decisions without the permission of a husband and even being stigmatized for smoking are among the tensions depicted in “The Circle.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2025
Among his longtime friends and colleagues, he had seen those who supported Oppenheimer get ritually humiliated by the personnel board, while those who doubted Oppie, like himself, were stigmatized by the scientific community.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
