About The Word Stigmatize
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Stigmatize
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What's The Definition Of Stigmatize?
[v] mark with a stigma or stigmata; "They wanted to stigmatize the adulteress"
[v] to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful; "He denounced the government action"; "She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock" Synonyms | Synonyms for Stigmatize: brand | denounce | mark | stigmatise | stigmatise Related Terms | Find terms related to Stigmatize: Stigmatize In Webster's Dictionary \Stig"ma*tize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stigmatized}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Stigmatizing}.] [F. stigmatiser, Gr. ?.]
1. To mark with a stigma, or brand; as, the ancients
stigmatized their slaves and soldiers.
That . . . hold out both their ears with such
delight and ravishment, to be stigmatized and bored
through in witness of their own voluntary and
beloved baseness. --Milton.
2. To set a mark of disgrace on; to brand with some mark of
reproach or infamy.
To find virtue extolled and vice stigmatized.
--Addison.
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