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Verb: stigmatise  'stig-mu`tIz
Usage: Brit (=stigmatize)
  1. Accuse or condemn openly or formally; classify or describe as disgraceful
    "She was stigmatised by society because she had a child out of wedlock"
    - stigmatize, brand, denounce, mark
     
  2. Mark with a stigma or stigmata
    "They wanted to stigmatise the adulteress"
    - stigmatize

Derived forms: stigmatising, stigmatises, stigmatised

See also: stigmatisation [Brit]

Type of: label, mark

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