Associations to the word «Stigmatise»

Wiktionary

STIGMATISE, verb. Non-Oxford British spelling standard spelling of stigmatize.

Dictionary definition

STIGMATISE, verb. 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".
STIGMATISE, verb. Mark with a stigma or stigmata; "They wanted to stigmatize the adulteress".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope