Verb: stigmatize 'stig-mu,tIz
- Accuse or condemn openly or formally; classify or describe as disgraceful
"She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock";
- stigmatise [Brit], brand, denounce, mark, denunciate
- Mark with a stigma or stigmata
"They wanted to stigmatize the adulteress";
- stigmatise [Brit]
Derived forms: stigmatized, stigmatizes, stigmatizing
Encyclopedia: Stigmatize