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