Stigmatize

v. t.	1.	To mark with a stigma, or brand; as, the ancients stigmatized their slaves and soldiers. [imp. & p. p. Stigmatized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Stigmatizing .] That . . . hold out both their ears with such delight and ravishment, to be stigmatized and bored through in witness of their own voluntary and beloved baseness. - Milton.
	2.	To set a mark of disgrace on; to brand with some mark of reproach or infamy. To find virtue extolled and vice stigmatized. - Addison.

Verb	1.	stigmatize - 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" Synonyms: stigmatise, brand, denounce, mark
	2.	stigmatize - mark with a stigma or stigmata; "They wanted to stigmatize the adulteress" Synonyms: stigmatise

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