as in to label
usually disapproving
to describe or regard (something, such as a characteristic or group of people) in a way that shows strong disapproval
a legal system that stigmatizes juveniles as criminals
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Recent Examples of stigmatize
Opponents counter that the move stigmatizes low-income families and limits personal choice without addressing broader issues, such as food affordability and access to healthier options.
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Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
Most states barely touch on the area of mental health when a person applies for a gun license due to concerns over privacy issues and stigmatizing people who have mental health issues, CNN has reported.
—Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2025
Uterine fibroids are non-cancerous growths that develop in or around the uterus, affecting up to 80% of women by age 50, yet remain critically under-researched, stigmatized, and systemically neglected.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 30 July 2025
This should not permanently stigmatize 60 Minutes or CBS News.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 14 July 2025
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Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
Most states barely touch on the area of mental health when a person applies for a gun license due to concerns over privacy issues and stigmatizing people who have mental health issues, CNN has reported.
—Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2025
Uterine fibroids are non-cancerous growths that develop in or around the uterus, affecting up to 80% of women by age 50, yet remain critically under-researched, stigmatized, and systemically neglected.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 30 July 2025
This should not permanently stigmatize 60 Minutes or CBS News.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 14 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stigmatize
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Landasoft software alerted police when flagged people did anything labeled suspicious, like going out at night or logging on the internet repeatedly.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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After the federal No Child Left Behind Act passed in 2001 and schools in some high-poverty areas did not perform well on annual standardized tests, many were labeled failing and in need of drastic reforms.—
Mila Koumpilova,
ProPublica,
9 Sep. 2025
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Google hasn’t specified if there will be an eventual end date.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
12 Sep. 2025
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The 49ers have not specified what exatly happened to these body parts.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Score T-shirts, sweatpants and long-sleeve shirts branded with your team’s logo and colors.—
Christopher Murray
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FOXNews.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Unexplained aerial phenomena, commonly branded as UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) and more recently as UAPs (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena), remain one of history’s most enduring enigmas.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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The Phillies could be interested in adding some more depth and Hampson is suddenly an option after the Cardinals designated him for assignment on Sunday.—
Peter Chawaga,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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That means confirming new services are onboarded to monitoring platforms, logging is structured and contextual and alerting rules are properly designated.—
Ronak Desai,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The Republican two-term president tapped Attorney General Pam Bondi to take temporary command of DC's police department and named Terry Cole, administrator of the Drug Enforcement Agency, the interim federal commissioner of the police department.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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The declaration also names the FBI, the DOJ, and the Executive Office of the President as defendants.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
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Was this what some people called analytic contentment?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
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Laura Ashley has also worked with fragrance specialists Freckleface on a handmade candle called Vintage 100 that combines two of Laura’s favorite scents, English rose and wild blackberries.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
12 Sep. 2025
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His Zoom profile photo shows two versions of Boulud staring at each other through a mirror—one in black and one in white—clearly meant to denote good and evil.—
Brittany Loggins,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
3 Sep. 2025
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Note that the correlation 1D_5D denotes the correlation between 1D post-earnings returns and the following 5D returns.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Per Dumas’ filing, Weatherington had been on the board for 11 years and had already termed out.—
Raisa Habersham,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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The Fisher Protocol, as it was termed, makes vivid the reality that nuclear war, so often spoken of in the bloodless language of tactics and strategy, is unimaginably horrific.—
Rivka Galchen,
New Yorker,
2 Sep. 2025
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