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   stigmatize

   /ˈstɪɡmətʌɪz/

   verb

   • 1. describe or regard as worthy of disgrace or great disapproval: "the institution was stigmatized as a last resort for the destitute"
   • 2. mark with stigmata: "Francis, stigmatized in fashion as his Lord"

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘mark with a brand’): from French stigmatiser or medieval Latin stigmatizare, from Greek stigmatizein, from stigma (see stigma).

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