To stigmatize is to make something seem bad or disgraceful.
(verb)When you condemn a certain type of behavior as bad or wrong, this is an example of a time when you stigmatize the behavior.
See stigmatize in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb stigmatized, stigmatizing
Origin: ML stigmatizare: see stigma & -ize
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See stigmatize in American Heritage Dictionary 4
transitive verb stig·ma·tized, stig·ma·tiz·ing, stig·ma·tiz·es
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Origin: Medieval Latin stigmatizāre, to brand
Origin: , from Greek stigmatizein, to mark
Origin: , from stigma, stigmat-, tattoo mark; see stigma
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