stigmatize
pronunciation
How to pronounce stigmatize in British English:
UK [ˈstɪgmətaɪz]
How to pronounce stigmatize in American English:
US [ˈstɪɡməˌtaɪz]
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- Verb:
- to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
- mark with a stigma or stigmata
Word Origin
- stigmatize (v.)
- 1580s, "to brand or tattoo," from Medieval Latin stigmatizare, from Greek stigmatizein, from stigmat-, stem of stigma (see stigma). Meaning "to blemish" is from 1610s (figurative), 1630s (literal). Related: Stigmatized; stigmatizing.
Example
- 1. To mark with disgrace or infamy ; stigmatize .
- 2. They stigmatize these propositions as " stifling "
- 3. They stigmatize these propositions as " trifling " or " merely verbal "
- 4. I think , critically it is better to jump over acuteness , but attack stigmatize can 't take a person , .
- 5. Health education that focuses on diet and exercise but does not stigmatize overweight teenagers is critical .