Stigmatize
verb
To describe or regard someone or something as unworthy or wrong.
In many cultures, people with mental illnesses are often stigmatized.
Often appears as...
- stigmatize as
- stigmatize for
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Disapproving
verb
To mark or brand someone or something as disgraceful.
The society stigmatized her as a criminal, although she was innocent.
Often appears as...
- stigmatize somebody as
- stigmatize due to
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Disapproving
verb
To describe or regard someone or something as unworthy or wrong.
In many cultures, people with mental illnesses are often stigmatized.
Often appears as...
- stigmatize as
- stigmatize for
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To mark or brand someone or something as disgraceful.
The society stigmatized her as a criminal, although she was innocent.
Often appears as...
- stigmatize somebody as
- stigmatize due to
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Using 'stigmatize' implies strong disapproval and judgment by society.
Disabled individuals still fight against being stigmatized for their challenges.
Pro Tip 2/3Unworthiness
'Stigmatize' conveys a sense that someone doesn't deserve respect or attention.
Campaigns help reduce the tendency to stigmatize survivors of abuse.
Pro Tip 3/3Societal Judgment
Stigmatization usually arises from collective misconceptions or prejudice.
Health conditions should not be stigmatized, as this discourages seeking treatment.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Using 'stigmatize' implies strong disapproval and judgment by society.
Disabled individuals still fight against being stigmatized for their challenges.
Pro Tip 2/3Unworthiness
'Stigmatize' conveys a sense that someone doesn't deserve respect or attention.
Campaigns help reduce the tendency to stigmatize survivors of abuse.
Pro Tip 3/3Societal Judgment
Stigmatization usually arises from collective misconceptions or prejudice.
Health conditions should not be stigmatized, as this discourages seeking treatment.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Using 'stigmatize' implies strong disapproval and judgment by society.
Disabled individuals still fight against being stigmatized for their challenges.
Pro Tip 2/3Unworthiness
'Stigmatize' conveys a sense that someone doesn't deserve respect or attention.
Campaigns help reduce the tendency to stigmatize survivors of abuse.
Pro Tip 3/3Societal Judgment
Stigmatization usually arises from collective misconceptions or prejudice.
Health conditions should not be stigmatized, as this discourages seeking treatment.
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Do schools kill...
And we run our companies like this. We stigmatize mistakes. And we're now running national education systems where mistakes are the worst thing you can make. And the result is that we are educating people out of their creative capacities. Picasso once said this, he said that all children are born artists.
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Why gun violence can't...
to those of us who have this dream to end gun violence. I mean, think about how much the world has changed in a relatively short period of time, how all those behaviors that were once considered commonplace or normal -- some even glamorous or sexy -- have become stigmatized in just a generation or two,
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Sarah-Jayne Blakemore:...
And yet, this is a period of life where the brain is particularly adaptable and malleable. It's a fantastic opportunity for learning and creativity. So what's sometimes seen as the problem with adolescents — heightened risk-taking, poor impulse control, self-consciousness — shouldn't be stigmatized.
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What would you do if...
was bigger than a personal quest I came to know many people living with Alzheimer's people who felt stigmatized and alienated much like cancer was 50 years ago the general public was too afraid of this monster of a disease to openly look at it or talk about it and I
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The mysterious workings...
life where the brain is particularly adaptable and malleable it's a fantastic opportunity for learning and creativity so what sometimes seen as the problem with adolescents - risk-taking poor impulse control self-consciousness shouldn't be stigmatized it actually
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Elizabeth Pisani: Sex,...
in shorter spaces of time than other groups, and that's considered stigmatizing. I've always been a bit curious about that because I think stigma is a bad thing, whereas lots of sex is quite a good thing, but we'll leave that be. The truth is that 20 years
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The harm reduction model...
Our disdain for drugs and drug users goes very deep. We are bombarded with images and media stories about the horrible impacts of drugs. We have stigmatized entire communities. We applaud military-inspired operations that bring down drug dealers.
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Innovating to Improve...
rate has gone down a lot we have to look at every country and say ok are they doing a good job with the different communities mother-to-child a lot of countries have done well to reduce that you have some stigmatized communities
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There's no shame in...
nor does our trauma taint our strength. We need to see mental health as important as physical health. We need to stop suffering in silence. We must stop stigmatizing disease and traumatizing the afflicted.
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How the worst moments in...
Forge meaning and build identity. That became my mantra. Forging meaning is about changing yourself. Building identity is about changing the world. All of us with stigmatized identities face this question
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Do schools kill...
And we run our companies like this. We stigmatize mistakes. And we're now running national education systems where mistakes are the worst thing you can make. And the result is that we are educating people out of their creative capacities. Picasso once said this, he said that all children are born artists.
Video examples
Why gun violence can't...
to those of us who have this dream to end gun violence. I mean, think about how much the world has changed in a relatively short period of time, how all those behaviors that were once considered commonplace or normal -- some even glamorous or sexy -- have become stigmatized in just a generation or two,
Video examples
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore:...
And yet, this is a period of life where the brain is particularly adaptable and malleable. It's a fantastic opportunity for learning and creativity. So what's sometimes seen as the problem with adolescents — heightened risk-taking, poor impulse control, self-consciousness — shouldn't be stigmatized.
Video examples
What would you do if...
was bigger than a personal quest I came to know many people living with Alzheimer's people who felt stigmatized and alienated much like cancer was 50 years ago the general public was too afraid of this monster of a disease to openly look at it or talk about it and I
Video examples
The mysterious workings...
life where the brain is particularly adaptable and malleable it's a fantastic opportunity for learning and creativity so what sometimes seen as the problem with adolescents - risk-taking poor impulse control self-consciousness shouldn't be stigmatized it actually
Video examples
Elizabeth Pisani: Sex,...
in shorter spaces of time than other groups, and that's considered stigmatizing. I've always been a bit curious about that because I think stigma is a bad thing, whereas lots of sex is quite a good thing, but we'll leave that be. The truth is that 20 years
Video examples
The harm reduction model...
Our disdain for drugs and drug users goes very deep. We are bombarded with images and media stories about the horrible impacts of drugs. We have stigmatized entire communities. We applaud military-inspired operations that bring down drug dealers.
Video examples
Innovating to Improve...
rate has gone down a lot we have to look at every country and say ok are they doing a good job with the different communities mother-to-child a lot of countries have done well to reduce that you have some stigmatized communities
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There's no shame in...
nor does our trauma taint our strength. We need to see mental health as important as physical health. We need to stop suffering in silence. We must stop stigmatizing disease and traumatizing the afflicted.
Video examples
How the worst moments in...
Forge meaning and build identity. That became my mantra. Forging meaning is about changing yourself. Building identity is about changing the world. All of us with stigmatized identities face this question
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Andrew Solomon
Writer
There is enormous shame around depression of any kind and at any time. And there's enormous social stigma attached to it, which we need to go on fighting. But I think that the sense of depression during pregnancy and early motherhood has been particularly stigmatized, that people especially feel that should be the happiest time of your life.
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Susannah Cahalan
American Journalist
We separate problems with the brain into neurological and psychiatric, and it's because it's stigmatised still. Mental illness is still stigmatised. Imagine if we treated people with cancer like that. Just because your personality changes and your behaviour changes, all of a sudden you are put in a different category.
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Alissa Quart
American Writer
There's a motherhood penalty because we've been long taught things that are stigmatized about motherhood. As workers, we don't want to talk about our kids at work. We're afraid to, or that when we leave at 5:30 to relieve the sitter we're somehow going to be diminished.
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Mauro Ranallo
Canadian Entertainer
There is so much to be celebrated about mental illness. I do believe that there is something to be said about the truly artistic, the truly brilliant, those of us who have been 'touched by fire' that should be celebrated, not stigmatized.
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Vera Wang
American Designer
It is horrible to say, but I was stigmatized by being a bridal designer for a long time. I am amazed I have been able to move beyond it. I had really all but given up trying, but I did it because it was my lifelong dream.
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Shirley Chisholm
American Politician
It is obvious that discrimination exists. Women do not have the opportunities that men do. And women that do not conform to the system, who try to break with the accepted patterns, are stigmatized as odd and unfeminine.
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Princess Stephanie of Monaco
Monacan Royalty
You can't stigmatize people, you can't cut away people you admire just because they suffer AIDS. It's just not right.
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Curtis Sliwa
American Celebrity
A rotten apple in the Guardian Angels stigmatizes us all over the world.
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Ron Fournier
American Journalist
Don't stigmatize in a rush to explain inexplicable evil.
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Matthew Walker
English Scientist
We have stigmatised sleep with the label of laziness.
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Andrew Solomon
Writer
There is enormous shame around depression of any kind and at any time. And there's enormous social stigma attached to it, which we need to go on fighting. But I think that the sense of depression during pregnancy and early motherhood has been particularly stigmatized, that people especially feel that should be the happiest time of your life.
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Susannah Cahalan
American Journalist
We separate problems with the brain into neurological and psychiatric, and it's because it's stigmatised still. Mental illness is still stigmatised. Imagine if we treated people with cancer like that. Just because your personality changes and your behaviour changes, all of a sudden you are put in a different category.
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Alissa Quart
American Writer
There's a motherhood penalty because we've been long taught things that are stigmatized about motherhood. As workers, we don't want to talk about our kids at work. We're afraid to, or that when we leave at 5:30 to relieve the sitter we're somehow going to be diminished.
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Mauro Ranallo
Canadian Entertainer
There is so much to be celebrated about mental illness. I do believe that there is something to be said about the truly artistic, the truly brilliant, those of us who have been 'touched by fire' that should be celebrated, not stigmatized.
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Vera Wang
American Designer
It is horrible to say, but I was stigmatized by being a bridal designer for a long time. I am amazed I have been able to move beyond it. I had really all but given up trying, but I did it because it was my lifelong dream.
Quote examples
Shirley Chisholm
American Politician
It is obvious that discrimination exists. Women do not have the opportunities that men do. And women that do not conform to the system, who try to break with the accepted patterns, are stigmatized as odd and unfeminine.
Quote examples
Princess Stephanie of Monaco
Monacan Royalty
You can't stigmatize people, you can't cut away people you admire just because they suffer AIDS. It's just not right.
Quote examples
Curtis Sliwa
American Celebrity
A rotten apple in the Guardian Angels stigmatizes us all over the world.
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Ron Fournier
American Journalist
Don't stigmatize in a rush to explain inexplicable evil.
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Matthew Walker
English Scientist
We have stigmatised sleep with the label of laziness.
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