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Verb: stigmatise  'stig-mu,tIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: 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, denunciate
     
  2. Mark with a stigma or stigmata
    "They wanted to stigmatise the adulteress";
    - stigmatize

Derived forms: stigmatising, stigmatises, stigmatised

Type of: label, mark

Encyclopedia: Stigmatise