0 to treat someone or something unfairly by disapproving of him, her, or it:
The very purpose of segregation was to stigmatize people of color -to declare them unfit to share facilities with whites.
Many operations are performed on kids with physical flaws that are clearly stigmatizing, like misshapen breasts or ears that stick way out.
Anybody standing in line can see when they pay with Food Stamps, and it stigmatizes them.
They cited fears they would be stigmatized or that their military careers would be hurt.
Of course, in many countries of the world the mentally ill are stigmatized and socially excluded.
However, unlike vernacular variants, mildly marked variants demonstrate little or no social stratification and hence are not stigmatized.
Despite the fact that she was stigmatized owing to her rich upper-middle-class background, she never presented herself as a victim.
These results appear to indicate that the diphthongs are no longer stigmatized for the younger generation and hence no longer a social marker.
