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stigmatize

[stig-muh-tahyz]

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verb (used with object), -tized, -tiz·ing.

to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon: The crime of the father stigmatized the whole family.

to mark with a stigma or brand.

to produce stigmata, marks, spots, or the like, on.

Also, especially British, stig·ma·tise.

Origin:
1575–85; < Medieval Latin stigmatizāre, equivalent to stigmat- (see stigmatic) + -izāre -ize

Related forms

stig·ma·ti·za·tion, noun

stig·ma·tiz·er, noun

de·stig·ma·tize, verb (used with object), -tized, -tiz·ing.

un·stig·ma·tized, adjective

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stigmatize or stigmatise (ˈstɪɡməˌtaɪz)

—vb
1.	to mark out or describe (as something bad)
2.	to mark with a stigma or stigmata

stigmatise or stigmatise

—vb

stigmati'zation or stigmatise

—n

stigmati'sation or stigmatise

—n

'stigmatizer or stigmatise

—n

'stigmatiser or stigmatise

—n

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"There is no such thing as a value-free concept of deviance; to say homosexuals are deviant because they are a statistical minority is, in practice, to stigmatize them. Nuns are rarely classed as deviants for the same reason, although if they obey their vows they clearly differ very significantly from the great majority of people."

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