to stigmatize
23
7.5
- verb
- /ˈstɪɡməˌtaɪz/
- US
- Many people still stigmatize those who struggle with mental health issues, making it harder for them to seek help.
- stigmatizing label
- feel stigmatized
- socially stigmatized
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- Mental health is stigmatized in our country.
- And then we conduct research on things like has talking about mental health gone from a stigmatized topic to actually a must have.
- We cannot embrace the double edged sword of racial preferences and its lure of an advantage without being stigmatized as inferior.
Examples
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Once in a hospital, a patient is stigmatized by the label of mental illness.
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Some mothers said they are stigmatized by community members for giving birth to a child who suffers physically.
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At least some social groups stigmatize some private behavior.
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It's not about stigmatizing anyone at all.
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We don't have to stigmatize areas or people anymore.
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Finally, all of the mothers reported feeling stigmatized by employment health insurance plans.
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Furthermore, among individuals with AIDS, specific risk groups are stigmatized more than others.
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Thus, unemployed individuals may be more likely to feel stigmatized if they live in middle-class areas of low unemployment.
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People with HIV infections should not be discriminated against, should not be stigmatized, and deserve all human rights.
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In recent years, religious leaders and organizations have increasingly refrained from issuing stigmatizing statements concerning people with HIV/AIDS.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
208
6.1
Make someone feel very ashamed and foolish, often in front of others
142
6.8
Publicly criticize someone or something strongly
78
6.3
To harm someone's reputation so others stop trusting them
70
7.1
Make a person, group, or thing seem evil and dangerous, often unfairly
52
4.1
To publicly label someone in a negative way
52
5.0
To make someone or something seem not important
43
6.8
To make someone feel less respected or important
40
7.8
To say bad things about someone without a good reason to make them seem less important
40
5.3
To make someone or something lose respect by bad action
39
7.9
To say or write bad things about someone to harm them
38
4.5
To make someone lose respect or honor by doing something shameful
34
8.0
To criticize someone or something very harshly, often in public
33
7.7
To speak badly about someone or something to show little respect
29
5.1
To treat someone so they feel ashamed or less respected
25
7.8
To make fun of someone in a cruel way
20
8.4
Publicly accuse someone so people think badly of them
13
3.9
To make someone feel ashamed or embarrassed in front of other people
10
7.7
To make people think someone or something is not acceptable
8
9.3
To criticize someone publicly to make them feel ashamed
1
8.4
Say or do things that make someone seem less respected
To say bad things about someone in public to make them feel ashamed
To say in public that someone or something is evil and should be avoided
Antonyms
How Stigmatized
- US
29
7.7
- Literature
70
7.1
39
7.9
- US
23
7.5
- Formal
142
6.8
653
3.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Stigmatize comes from the Greek word stigma, which means 'mark' or 'brand'. Long ago people who broke the law were given a visible mark, so to stigmatize someone today is to 'mark' them with shame or treat them as disgraceful.