stigmatize
gb/stˈɪɡmətˌaɪz/ us/stˈɪɡmətˌaɪz/
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English
megbélyegez
VERB
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FORMAL
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megbélyegez
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Usage pattern:
stigmatize [someone/something]; stigmatize [someone/something] as [something]
Campaigners say the old ads stigmatized people living with HIV.
A kampányolók szerint a régi hirdetések megbélyegezték a HIV-vel élő embereket.
Children with learning difficulties should not be stigmatized as lazy or unintelligent.
A tanulási nehézségekkel küzdő gyerekeket nem szabad lustának vagy butának megbélyegezni.
Public discussion can help prevent mental health problems from being stigmatized.
Learner examples
We should not stigmatize people because of their illness.
Nem szabad megbélyegeznünk az embereket a betegségük miatt.
The movie stigmatized poor families unfairly.
A film igazságtalanul megbélyegezte a szegény családokat.
Common mistake:
Often used in the passive: people are stigmatized for a condition or stigmatized as something. Do not confuse it with criticize; stigmatize means create or attach social shame.
Meaning
Mark as socially shameful
Collocations
stigmatize mental illness
|stigmatize addiction
|stigmatize poverty
|stigmatize a group
|stigmatize minorities
|stigmatize people
|stigmatize a disease
|socially stigmatized
|unfairly stigmatized
|be stigmatized as
Synonyms
brand (Suggests giving someone a strong negative label, often publicly.)
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label (More general and less strongly connected to shame.)
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discredit (Emphasizes damaging reputation rather than creating social shame.)
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marginalize (Emphasizes pushing people to the edge of society, not just marking them as shameful.)
Antonyms
normalize (Means make something accepted as ordinary rather than shameful.)
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accept (Means treat someone or something as socially acceptable.)
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destigmatize (Means remove or reduce stigma.)
Themes
society
|discrimination
|health
|identity
|social_issues
Definition
To make people think that someone or something is bad, shameful, or not acceptable.
To treat, describe, or regard a person, group, condition, or behavior as shameful, unacceptable, or socially inferior.
Grammar
Dictionary form
stigmatize
IPA
GB/stˈɪɡmətˌaɪz/
US/stˈɪɡmətˌaɪz/
Syllables & stress
stig - mat - ize (3 syllables)
Stress on 1st syllable (stig)
Word forms
Verb
- Base: stigmatize
- 3rd Person Singular: stigmatizes
- Present Participle: stigmatizing
- Past: stigmatized
Expressions
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