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

Derived forms: stigmatizes, stigmatizing, stigmatized

See also: stigma, stigmatization

Type of: label, mark

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