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
Young people suffer in silence in a society that still stigmatizes mental health and sharing feelings.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2024
“Our culture stigmatizes mental illness, and this is being deliberately leveraged in a disease where there is not very good evidence of a mental health connection,” she says.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2023
“A national law that further stigmatizes these children is completely unnecessary and hurts families and students at greater risk,” the statement said.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 17, 2023
One writer dares to designate it a singular satire; stigmatizes it as the once celebrated Moon Hoax, and attributes it to one Richard Alton Locke, of the United States.
From Moon Lore by Timothy Harley
