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stigmatize en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈstɪɡmətaɪz/ (UK, US)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg-der. Proto-Hellenic *stíd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek στῐ́ζω (stĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō) Ancient Greek στιγματίζω (stigmatízō)bor. Medieval Latin stigmatizōbor. English stigmatize Borrowed from Medieval Latin stigmatizō (“to brand”), borrowed from Ancient Greek στιγματίζω (stigmatízō), from στίγμα (stígma) + -ίζω (-ízō).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To characterize as disgraceful or ignominious; to mark with a stigma or stigmata.
   • We stigmatize the Indians, also, as cowardly and treacherous, because they use stratagem in warfare in preference to open force; but in this they are fully justified by their rude code of honor. 1819-1820, Washington Irving, The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon:
   • Helen Hardacre, in her study of discourses stigmatizing women who have had abortions, argues that there has been a marked rise in media interest in women's sexuality since the 1970s. 2010, Mark McClelland, “The 'Beautiful Boy' in Japanese Girls' Manga”, in Toni Johnson-Woods, editor, Manga: An Anthology of Global and Cultural Perspectives, The Continuum International Publishing Group Inc, →ISBN, page 78:
   • This chapter examines the social determinants of depression in black men because no other race-by-gender population group has been stigmatized as much as black men. 2012, Daphne C. Watkins, Harold W. Neighbors, “Social Determinants of Depression and the Black Male Experience”, in Henrie M. Treadwell, Clare Xanthos, Kisha B. Holden, editors, Social Determinants of Health Among African-American Men, Jossey-Bass, published 2013, →ISBN, page 55:

Forms

Antonyms

destigmatize

Deriveds

stigmatization · re-stigmatize · stigmatizable · destigmatize · stigmatizer · restigmatize

Translations (28)

hu stigmatizál (to characterize as disgraceful or ignominious) · nb stigmatisere (to characterize as disgraceful or ignominious) · it stigmatizzare (to characterize as disgraceful or ignominious) · sv brännmärka (to characterize as disgraceful or ignominious) · ar وَصَمَ (to characterize as disgraceful or ignominious) · fa انگ زدن (to characterize as disgraceful or ignominious) · hu megbélyegez (to characterize as disgraceful or ignominious) · de stigmatisieren (to characterize as disgraceful or ignominious) · fi leimata (to characterize as disgraceful or ignominious) · bg дамгосвам (to characterize as disgraceful or ignominious) · nn stigmatisere (to characterize as disgraceful or ignominious) · fi stigmatisoida (to characterize as disgraceful or ignominious) · ja 非難する (to characterize as disgraceful or ignominious) · uk таврува́ти (to characterize as disgraceful or ignominious) · fr stigmatiser (to characterize as disgraceful or ignominious) · es sambenitar (to characterize as disgraceful or ignominious) · pt estigmatizar (to characterize as disgraceful or ignominious) · sv stigmatisera (to characterize as disgraceful or ignominious) · de brandmarken (to characterize as disgraceful or ignominious) · es estigmatizar (to characterize as disgraceful or ignominious) · bg заклеймявам (to characterize as disgraceful or ignominious) · ca estigmatitzar (to characterize as disgraceful or ignominious) · pl stygmatyzować (to characterize as disgraceful or ignominious) · el στιγματίζω (to characterize as disgraceful or ignominious) · sq stigmatizoj (to characterize as disgraceful or ignominious) · ru клейми́ть (to characterize as disgraceful or ignominious) · ja 呼ばわりする (to characterize as disgraceful or ignominious) · hy խարանել (to characterize as disgraceful or ignominious)