STIGMATIZE

stigmatize, stigmatise

(verb) mark with a stigma or stigmata; “They wanted to stigmatize the adulteress”

stigmatize, stigmatise, brand, denounce, mark

(verb) to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful; “He denounced the government action”; “She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

stigmatize (third-person singular simple present stigmatizes, present participle stigmatizing, simple past and past participle stigmatized)

(transitive) To characterize as disgraceful or ignominious; to mark with a stigma or stigmata.

Antonym: destigmatize

Source: Wiktionary

Stig"ma*tize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stigmatized; p. pr. & vb. n. Stigmatizing.] Etym: [F. stigmatiser, Gr.

1. To mark with a stigma, or brand; as, the ancients stigmatized their slaves and soldiers. That . . . hold out both their ears with such delight and ravishment, to be stigmatized and bored through in witness of their own voluntary and beloved baseness. Milton.

2. To set a mark of disgrace on; to brand with some mark of reproach or infamy. To find virtue extolled and vice stigmatized. Addison.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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