stigmatization

stigmatize | American Dictionary

stigmatize
verb[ T ]
us/ˈstɪɡ·məˌtɑɪz/
to make someone feel that he or she is not respected:
Gabrielle felt stigmatized in math class because she was not seen as one of “the smart kids.”

Examples of stigmatize

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However, unlike vernacular variants, mildly marked variants demonstrate little or no social stratification and hence are not stigmatized.
Despite the fact that she was stigmatized owing to her rich upper-middle-class background, she never presented herself as a victim.
These results appear to indicate that the diphthongs are no longer stigmatized for the younger generation and hence no longer a social marker.
This would indicate that women giving birth to illegitimate children were not a stigmatized group.
If the variety lacks social and political prestige in its own community, these features are likely to be stigmatized.
The surgery setting was also more familiar, it was not usually far to travel, and it was less stigmatized than a bureau attendance.
This influential committee actively debated whether the prize would be tarnished by being received from a stigmatized, aberrant individual.
Although rural speech is stigmatized, it is not obvious that people who always live in a rural environment ever wish to speak like urbanites.
Additionally, the diagnosis of fibromyalgia is easily accepted by the patients, and is less stigmatizing than psychiatric diagnoses.
What is more, it is this use of hopefully that is stigmatized by traditional grammarians, and it has been resisted all along.
That her novel articulates a story in which the pursuit of self-interest is not stigmatized or considered vulgar is significant in historical terms.
In comparison, the other two varieties, especially the sedentary variety, were socially stigmatized.
Nor was it meant to punish or stigmatize those who benefitted from it or to force them to take lowpaying work.
Finally, such a disease-specific approach may be stigmatizing and imply higher costs.
It is rather to explore some unintended consequences of efforts to stigmatize particular policies with that label.
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