- past tense form of stigmatize.
- past participle of stigmatize.
stigmatized
Example Sentences
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Fur "was stigmatized for so long," Jacobs told AFP, posing before a full-length mirror and assessing a potential crop.
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
Some were less comfortable with the possibility of false positives, since there are often autistic people, or users whose first language isn’t English, whose writing styles are stigmatized as A.I.-like.
From Slate ● Apr. 1, 2026
Since Gilberg opened his practice in 1965, psychiatry and psychotherapy have gone from highly stigmatized secrets to something people acknowledge in award show acceptance speeches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2026
For a time, Byerley belonged to a social-media movement that has given antidepressants a makeover—from a stigmatized medicine to a healthy lifestyle accessory for enlightened and empowered young women.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2025
Rather than shaming and condemning an already deeply stigmatized group, we, collectively, can embrace them—not necessarily their behavior, but them—their humanness.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
