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stigmatise

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stig⋅ma⋅tize

  [stig-muh-tahyz]
Use stigmatise in a Sentence
–verb (used with object), -tized, -tiz⋅ing.
1. to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon: The crime of the father stigmatized the whole family.
2. to mark with a stigma or brand.
3. to produce stigmata, marks, spots, or the like, on.
Also, especially British, stig⋅ma⋅tise.

Origin:
1575–85; < ML stigmatizāre, equiv. to stigmat- (see stigmatic ) + -izāre -ize

Related forms:
stig⋅ma⋅ti⋅za⋅tion, noun
stig⋅ma⋅tiz⋅er, noun
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