stigmatize

Example Sentences

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Critics of involuntary civil-commitment programs argue they violate civil liberties and stigmatize mental illness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Many feared the decision could further stigmatize the shot in a moment when many parents are refusing it simply because the recommendation is under review.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

“I can accept myself and the world can still stigmatize me,” McMillan Cottom said.

From Salon • May 10, 2024

Virologists have also come to acknowledge that names can stigmatize people or places.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 3, 2024

Pope appears to stigmatize him as a Trimmer, ‘Courtiers and patrols in two ranks divide; Through both he passed, and bowed from side to side.’

From East Anglia Personal Recollections and Historical Associations by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)