stigmatized

stigmatized is the simple past and past participle of stigmatize.

Adjective

stigmatized (comparative more stigmatized, superlative most stigmatized)

Subject to a stigma; marked as an outcast.
Bearing the stigmata.
- This gift of the Lord is not confined to past centuries. It still exists in full strength in our days. Catherine Emmerich, who died in 1824, is an example of it, and a stigmatized Saint still nearer to our times, for she did not die until 1885, Catherine Putigny, the sister of the Visitation, was...1923, Joris-Karl Huysmans, translated by Agnes Hastings, Saint Lydwine of Schiedam, page 126

stigmatize (third-person singular simple present stigmatizes, present participle stigmatizing, simple past and past participle stigmatized)

(transitive) To characterize as disgraceful or ignominious; to mark with a stigma or stigmata.
- We stigmatize the Indians, also, as cowardly and treacherous, because they use stratagem in warfare in preference to open force; but in this they are fully justified by their rude code of honor.1819-1820, Washington Irving, The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon
Antonyms:

destigmatize

comparative	more stigmatized
superlative	most stigmatized

What does stigmatized mean?: Stigmatized means subject to a stigma; marked as an outcast.
What is stigmatized the simple past and past participle of?: Stigmatized is the simple past and past participle of stigmatize.
What part of speech is stigmatized?: Stigmatized is an adjective.

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