Stigmatize
['stɪɡmətaɪz]
Definition
(verb.) mark with a stigma or stigmata; 'They wanted to stigmatize the adulteress'.
(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'.
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Definition
(v. t.) To mark with a stigma, or brand; as, the ancients stigmatized their slaves and soldiers.
(v. t.) To set a mark of disgrace on; to brand with some mark of reproach or infamy.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Brand, mark with a hot iron.[2]. Disgrace, reproach, dishonor, vilify, defame, discredit, brand, post.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Brand, denounce, reprobate, censure
ANT:Panegyrize, land, eulogize
Typist: Sean
Examples
- This procedure is properly stigmatized as soft pedagogy; as a soup-kitchen theory of education. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Whenever a method of education is stigmatized as mechanical, we may be sure that external pressure is brought to bear to reach an external end. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Those who had courage enough to write in their defence, were stigmatized as schismatics, and punished as disturbers of the government. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
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