STIGMATIZE

[UK and ANZ] usually -ise [verb] [T]If someone is stigmatized, they are made to feel that they are not respected.AIDS is a terrible disease, but I don't think that people who suffer from it should be stigmatized. [T]People should not be stigmatized on the basis of race.He said that it doesn't help young offenders for them to be stigmatized as delinquents. [T]