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Past tense of stigmatize

regular verb

The past tense of stigmatize is stigmatized. The past participle is also stigmatized.

Forms of stigmatize

Base form (V1)stigmatize /ˈstɪɡmətaɪz/
Past tense (V2)stigmatized
Past participle (V3)stigmatized
Present participlestigmatizing
Third person singularstigmatizes

Stigmatized in a sentence

  • This chapter examines the social determinants of depression in black men because no other race-by-gender population group has been stigmatized as much as black men.2012, Daphne C. Watkins, Harold W. Neighbors, “Social Determinants of Depression and the Black Male Experience”, in Henrie M. Treadwell...
  • Others with admitted addictions are Othered and sadly, forever stigmatized.2010, Ronald L. Jackson, I, Encyclopedia of Identity. From the entry other
  • Such lesbianization is discursively imputed to those flatter organizations which are women-only, and as a result they are routinely constituted as suspect and stigmatized.1996, Sarah Oerton, Beyond hierarchy: gender, sexuality, and the social economy. From the entry lesbianization

Meaning of stigmatize

  1. verb To characterize as disgraceful or ignominious; to mark with a stigma or stigmata.

Full definition of stigmatize

Questions about the past tense of stigmatize

What is the past tense of stigmatize?
The past tense of stigmatize is stigmatized.
What is the past participle of stigmatize?
The past participle of stigmatize is stigmatized.
Is stigmatize a regular or irregular verb?
Stigmatize is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stigmatize (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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