STIGMATIZE


Meaning of STIGMATIZE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ stɪgmətaɪz ]

( stigmatizes, stigmatizing, stigmatized)

Note: in BRIT, also use 'stigmatise'

If someone or something is stigmatized , they are unfairly regarded by many people as being bad or having something to be ashamed of.

Children in single-parent families must not be stigmatised...

The AIDS epidemic further stigmatised gays...

VERB : be V-ed , V n

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