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
Anti-hunger advocates have said such restrictions can be stigmatizing for low-income Americans.
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Alain Sherter, CBS News, 7 May 2025
The treatment was stigmatized for decades after a 2002 study linked it to breast cancer and other ailments, but doctors now say the benefits often outweigh the risks.
—Anna North, Vox, 6 May 2025
Trade schools and apprenticeships, which could fill these gaps, remain underfunded and stigmatized.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
President Trump’s first 100 days in office have been marked by a concerted effort to stigmatize trans people and deny them rights.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2025
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Alain Sherter, CBS News, 7 May 2025
The treatment was stigmatized for decades after a 2002 study linked it to breast cancer and other ailments, but doctors now say the benefits often outweigh the risks.
—Anna North, Vox, 6 May 2025
Trade schools and apprenticeships, which could fill these gaps, remain underfunded and stigmatized.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
President Trump’s first 100 days in office have been marked by a concerted effort to stigmatize trans people and deny them rights.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stigmatize
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The Catawba Riverkeeper monitors water quality, though there isn’t a swimming beach monitoring site specifically labeled for Fishing Creek Lake in its public database.—
Melissa Oyler,
Charlotte Observer,
22 May 2025
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The video, which labeled itself as a deepfake, went viral on social media.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
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The report also specifies that North America travelers increased 11 percent over the time period.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
26 May 2025
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Though the park did not specify what year the church was developed, scholars generally say that Late Antiquity occurred between the third and sixth centuries.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
25 May 2025
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Pope Francis branded Gaza crisis 'serious and shameful' Israel launched its siege of Gaza after militants affiliated with Hamas − which controls the territory on the border of Israel and Egypt − overran Israel’s borders on Oct. 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people and taking around 250 hostage.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
29 May 2025
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Yet, here too, these costs will ultimately harm patients; the precise impact will depend on whether the medicine in question is a generic or branded drug.—
Wayne Winegarden,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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In spite of its phonetics, apparently the term is not Yiddish, but a neologism declared by a French writer of comedic phantasms to be German and intended to designate an absurd, unfathomable object that can serve all kinds of purposes.—
Benjamin H. D. Buchloh,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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Right Now Each committee designates a rapporteur to lead the drafting.—
Jon McGowan,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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It’s even named after his childhood nickname, Kurky.—
Celia Shatzman,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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In 2015, he was named head coach at Montana, one of the top FCS programs in the country.—
Bruce Feldman,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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However, today most young people rarely call each other.—
Andrea Wigfield,
CNN,
14 Feb. 2023
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Marx himself would call DEI a classic case of ideology, a set of benign-seeming ideas that disguise the workings of the rulers, in this case empowered progressives.—
WSJ,
WSJ,
14 Feb. 2023
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The cancer is described as having a Gleason score of 9, denoting its aggressiveness, and has spread to the bone.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
19 May 2025
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The Venu 3 comes in 45mm or 41mm size options, with the smaller model (denoted with an S at the end of its name) getting a 1mm bump from the last generation.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
14 May 2025
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The legislation also takes a hatchet to amortization, which is the depreciation of non-tangible assets often termed goodwill.—
Brendan Coffey,
Sportico.com,
22 May 2025
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Pittman is termed out of office in December 2026 and has been pondering his next political move.—
Josh Kurtz,
Baltimore Sun,
22 May 2025
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“Stigmatize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stigmatize. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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