Associations to the word «Stigmatize»

Wiktionary

STIGMATIZE, verb. (transitive) To characterize as disgraceful or ignominious; to mark with a stigma or stigmata.

Dictionary definition

STIGMATIZE, verb. 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".
STIGMATIZE, verb. Mark with a stigma or stigmata; "They wanted to stigmatize the adulteress".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley