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

The Duke of Bedford, when the ill-starred Jeanne fell into his hands, took away her life in order to stigmatize her memory with sorcery, and to destroy the reputation she had acquired among the French.”

From Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thiselton-Dyer, Thomas Firminger