stigmatize
/ˈstɪɡmətaɪz/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.22 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To characterize as disgraceful or ignominious; to mark with a stigma or stigmata.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "We stigmatize the Indians, also, as cowardly and treacherous, because they use stratagem in warfare in preference to open force; but in this they are fully justified by their rude code of honor."
- "Helen Hardacre, in her study of discourses stigmatizing women who have had abortions, argues that there has been a marked rise in media interest in women's sexuality since the 1970s."
- "This chapter examines the social determinants of depression in black men because no other race-by-gender population group has been stigmatized as much as black men."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg-der. Proto-Hellenic *stíd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek στῐ́ζω (stĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō) Ancient Greek στιγματίζω (stigmatízō)bor. Medieval Latin stigmatizōbor. English stigmatize Borrowed from Medieval Latin stigmatizō (“to brand”), borrowed from Ancient Greek στιγματίζω (stigmatízō), from στίγμα (stígma) + -ίζω (-ízō).
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈstɪɡmətaɪz/
- British English: /ˈstɪɡmətaɪz/