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stigmatize

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˈstɪɡmətaɪz/Part of speech verbSorted aegiimsttzStarts with SEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. mark with a stigma or stigmata

Word origin

Borrowed from Medieval Latin stigmatizō (“to brand”), borrowed from Ancient Greek στιγματίζω (stigmatízō), from στίγμα (stígma) + -ίζω (-ízō).

Used in a sentence

  • We stigmatize the Indians, also, as cowardly and treacherous, because they use stratagem in warfare in preference to open force; but in this they are fully justified by their rude code of honor.
  • Helen Hardacre, in her study of discourses stigmatizing women who have had abortions, argues that there has been a marked rise in media interest in women's sexuality since the 1970s.
  • This chapter examines the social determinants of depression in black men because no other race-by-gender population group has been stigmatized as much as black men.

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