stigmatize.
To characterize as disgraceful or ignominious; to mark with a stigma or stigmata.
Meaning & usage
To characterize as disgraceful or ignominious; to mark with a stigma or stigmata.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg-der. Proto-Hellenic *stíd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek στῐ́ζω (stĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō) Ancient Greek στιγματίζω (stigmatízō)bor. Medieval Latin stigmatizōbor. English stigmatize Borrowed from Medieval Latin stigmatizō (“to brand”), borrowed from Ancient Greek στιγματίζω (stigmatízō), from στίγμα (stígma) + -ίζω (-ízō).
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