How to Use stigmatize in a Sentence

stigmatize

verb

• But the choice to be child-free is still somewhat stigmatized.
  — Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 19 Apr. 2023
• Cetron had talked openly about how that power had been used in the past as a weapon to stigmatize.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 16 Oct. 2020
• It’s not going to go over well with those who have played by the rules and are still being stigmatized.
  — Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 8 Feb. 2018
• Dozens who dared to protest and defy the ban over the years were jailed, prosecuted, and stigmatized.
  — Aya Batrawy, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Mar. 2018
• Because all of this stuff has been so stigmatized that a lot of them don’t have people who aren’t going to judge them.
  — Michelle Weber, Longreads, 19 June 2018
• The left’s pressure groups and media will then stigmatize donors.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2021
• Linhorst said the women are concerned that the tests could be used to stigmatize them or lead to providers not trusting them.
  — Kaitlyn Kanzler, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2023
• In the past, discussing mental health has also been stigmatized and viewed by some as a sign of weakness.
  — Li Zhou, Vox, 3 July 2024
• Vines said the efforts are not meant to stigmatize any of the targeted groups but rather to try to stop the spread of the virus and to prevent others from getting it.
  — oregonlive.com, 20 June 2019
• The result was that the doctors who wanted to be thought highly of were not wearing masks, and those who did were stigmatized.
  — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2020
• To get there, the AARP wants to help de-stigmatize ageing and the harmful assumptions that surround it.
  — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 24 June 2022
• That left out families that weren't poor enough, stigmatized those who were, and added to growing school meal debt.
  — Steve Karnowski and Susan Montoya Bryan The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2023
• This is a cheap ploy, designed to chill debate and stigmatize those prepared to engage in it.
  — Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 30 Mar. 2018
• But creating new, healthy eating habits can be tough when so much of our food is stigmatized as bad.
  — Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2024
• Those in favor of the bill have said the current legislation is out of date, and stigmatizes those living with HIV.
  — Leah Asmelash, CNN, 27 Feb. 2020
• Bono paid homage to the former first lady and applauded her role in helping to de-stigmatize AIDS, the report said.
  — Amy Lieu, Fox News, 20 Apr. 2018
• Do not hide or stigmatize the role of therapy or support groups; these are lifelines.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2020
• Many other women were forced to bear children against their will and were stigmatized for doing so.
  — Jill Filipovic, Time, 28 June 2018
• Will their whole prefecture, which is as large as the state of Connecticut, be stigmatized as a fallout zone?
  — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2022
• That was an eye-opener for me about how periods are stigmatized.
  — Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2024
• But for an older woman, being called a witch can still stigmatize.
  — Longreads, 10 June 2019
• That's because service members were afraid they would be laughed at or stigmatized.
  — The New York Times, NOLA.com, 16 Dec. 2017
• Conroy and Gruel fear oil spills stigmatize seafood and food safety for years after an event.
  — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2021
• Part of the reason for its visibility lies in the same reason it was stigmatized: breasts.
  — Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2017
• Over the past year, the headphones have slowly become more and more popular, and therefore less stigmatized.
  — Emilia Petrarca, The Cut, 5 Apr. 2018
• My hope is that the show can be a catalyst to others living in that way and seeing it as something to celebrate and to not stigmatize.
  — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 27 Sep. 2024
• Messages that refer to the virus or disease in … ways that may stigmatize or stereotype a group of people, are subject to removal.
  — Emma Silvers, SFChronicle.com, 17 Apr. 2020
• The things that are stigmatized or shrouded in silence yet experienced by women all around the world.
  — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2024
• And while white drug users are more likely to be seen as sick and in need of intervention, black drug users remain largely stigmatized.
  — Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 11 July 2017
• One small but meaningful way this has already been addressed is its name: monkeypox was renamed in 2022 to mitigate against racist and stigmatizing language.
  — Charles Ebikeme, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024