stigmatize

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
22
Words With Friends
24
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˈstɪɡmətaɪz/(UK)

Definition of stigmatize

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  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.”
    “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.”
    “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.”

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg-der. Proto-Hellenic *stiďďō Ancient Greek στῐ́ζω (stĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek στῐ́γμᾰ (stĭ́gmă) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek…

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg-der. Proto-Hellenic *stiďďō Ancient Greek στῐ́ζω (stĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek στῐ́γμᾰ (stĭ́gmă) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Ancient Greek στιγματίζω (stigmatízō)bor. Medieval Latin stigmatizōbor. English stigmatize Borrowed from Medieval Latin stigmatizō (“to brand”), borrowed from Ancient Greek στιγματίζω (stigmatízō), from στῐ́γμᾰ (stĭ́gmă) + -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō).

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