ˈstigməˌtīz transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Usage: see -ize
Etymology: Medieval Latin stigmatizare, from Latin stigmat-, stigmata + Late Latin -izare -ize
1.
a. archaic : to brand with a hot iron
b. : to set a stigma upon : regard with opprobrium : censure , denounce
critics … stigmatize America's technological good fortune as machine-worship — Adrienne Koch
people who so much as whisper during a performance are … stigmatized as barbarians — Joseph Wechsberg
2. : to mark with stigmata
a visit to the stigmatized seer — U.S. Daily
3. : designate , identify
I wish … that the fates had not stigmatized me “writer” — Aldous Huxley