stigmatize
Example Sentences
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As World Bank Chief Economist Indermit Gill wrote in a new report, that conclusion helped “stigmatize” industrial policy just as a leap forward in transport and communications technologies spurred a period of intense globalization.
He told Salon that equating drug traffickers with terrorist is meant to “stigmatize and terrify people.”
From Salon
Critics of involuntary civil-commitment programs argue they violate civil liberties and stigmatize mental illness.
“We were stigmatized, our benefits were taken away, and we were denied the opportunity to work in Venezuela,” said Polanco, the petroleum engineer.
From Los Angeles Times
The Wall Street Journal spoke with Fletcher about how people with dementia could use technology to lead longer, less stigmatized and more productive work lives.
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