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stigmatize

verb
/ˈstɪɡmətaɪz/UK

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg-der. Proto-Hellenic *stiďďō Ancient Greek στῐ́ζω (stĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek στῐ́γμᾰ (stĭ́gmă) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Ancient Greek στιγματίζω (stigmatízō)bor. Medieval Latin stigmatizōbor. English stigmatize Borrowed from Medieval Latin stigmatizō (“to brand”), borrowed from Ancient Greek στιγματίζω (stigmatízō), from στῐ́γμᾰ (stĭ́gmă) + -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō).

  1. derived from στιγματίζω
  2. derived from stigmatize Borrowed from Medieval Latin stigmatizō — “to brand”
  3. derived from stigmatizōbor

Definitions

  1. To characterize as disgraceful or ignominious

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

    • 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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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA