stigmatize
verb (used with object)
to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon.
stigmatizes
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present tense formof stigmatize (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The label stigmatizes Cambodia and its citizens, while these criminal networks are transnational and largely foreign-led.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
I vented to my husband about the irrationality of a society that stigmatizes something that helps rectify hearing loss.
From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2024
China has long had a conservative culture that stigmatizes homosexuality, though it was decriminalized in 1997.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2024
Young people suffer in silence in a society that still stigmatizes mental health and sharing feelings.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2024
The whole arrangement she stigmatizes as a graceless one and a blot on the Company's escutcheon.
From Seeds of Pine by Janey Canuck
