stigmatize
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Her claim, she said, “is about whether government can use official authority to stigmatize a private citizen without facts, without process, without fairness, accountability, investigation or even an interview — not even a phone call.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Critics of involuntary civil-commitment programs argue they violate civil liberties and stigmatize mental illness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
The behaviors that Gerdes' bill seeks to stigmatize are — as any person who has ever met a child or been a child could tell you — entirely normal forms of play.
From Salon • May 12, 2025
“When you say you are a Vodouist, they stigmatize you,” said Kadel Bazile, a 42-year-old civil engineer.
From Seattle Times • May 9, 2024
We can never see her too often, nor ever stigmatize her, as have been so many of our garden escapes, as "Now a dreaded weed."
From Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth by Earle, Alice Morse
Vocabulary lists containing stigmatize
The Federalist Papers, No. 1 by Alexander Hamilton
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