stigmatise
/'stigmətaiz/ Cách viết khác : (stigmatise) /'stigmətaiz/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To mark someone or something with a stigma; to set a mark of disgrace or infamy upon. It involves characterizing or branding someone as shameful, often publicly or formally.
- (In a historical or religious context) To mark with stigmata, which are bodily marks or sores resembling the wounds of the crucified Christ.
Usage
- The primary use of stigmatise is to describe the social act of treating someone or something as deeply disgraced or unacceptable.
- It is often used in contexts involving social judgment, prejudice, or public condemnation.
- Example Sentence Structure: + or .
Examples
- Verb:
- The new policy unfairly stigmatises people who receive government assistance.
- In some cultures, mental illness is still heavily stigmatised.
- She felt stigmatised by her colleagues after the mistake was made public.
Advanced Usage
- "to be stigmatised by": to be marked with disgrace by a particular group or force.
- The community was stigmatised by the scandal for years.
- "to stigmatise someone for": to brand someone as disgraceful because of a specific action or trait.
- He was stigmatised for his political beliefs.
Variants and Related Words
- Stigmatize (verb): The preferred spelling in American English. It has the same meaning as 'stigmatise'.
- Stigma (noun): The mark of disgrace or shame itself.
- There is a social stigma attached to unemployment.
- Stigmatisation/Stigmatization (noun): The action or process of stigmatising.
- The stigmatisation of addiction prevents many from seeking help.
Synonyms
- Brand: to mark with a label of disgrace.
- Denounce: to condemn openly as wrong or evil.
- Discredit: to harm the reputation of.
- Vilify: to speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner.
Related Phrases
- To label as: to assign a category, often a negative one.
- He was labelled as a troublemaker.
- To cast aspersions on: to make damaging or derogatory remarks about.
- The article cast aspersions on her character.
Idioms
- To bear a stigma: to carry a mark of disgrace.
- The family bore the stigma of their ancestor's crime for generations.
- To be marked with a scarlet letter: (idiomatic, from literature) to be publicly shamed or stigmatised. This idiom originates from Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel .
- After the affair, she felt as though she was marked with a scarlet letter.
Verb
- mark with a stigma or stigmata
- They wanted to stigmatize the adulteress
- to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
- He denounced the government action
- She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock