stigmatise
IPA: stˈɪgmʌtaɪz
verb
- Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of stigmatize. [(transitive) To characterize as disgraceful or ignominious; to mark with a stigma or stigmata.]
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Examples of "stigmatise" in Sentences
- If the intent is to stigmatise, then it's racism.
- If you want to stigmatise them, at least have the decency to cite a source.
- They simply want to stigmatise those who are sexually attracted to children.
- I doubt it is the intention of the medical profession to stigmatise sufferers.
- Many were worried it would "stigmatise" poorly performing schools, and result in lower esteem among pupils and teachers.
- Predictably, lots of people think that Bettison's comments 'stigmatise' poor people generally. people on benefits, and he says so explicitly.
- This is simply false: providing tax incentives for marriage does not "stigmatise" the children of the unmarried, any more than providing incentives for single parenthood has "stigmatised" those whose parents live together.
- The chain is also slightly lowering the minimum size of its stock to attract more mainstream customers: "We don't want to stigmatise customers by their size – we cater for tall, broad and muscular, well built men," she said.
- Naturally, he tells us what we all know, that the best upbringing for a child is to be raised by two married parents, but any attempt to support this traditional family is wrong, because it will 'stigmatise' those children who are not so lucky.
- What the Conservatives are saying now is nothing less than a full-frontal attack on moral relativism: the doctrine that says that no one has a right to criticise (or "stigmatise", in the fashionable parlance) any life choice, however selfish, irresponsible, feckless or socially destructive it may be.