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stigmatizes

stigmatizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of stigmatize.

Meaning of stigmatize

Verb

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

  1. (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

Questions about stigmatizes

What is stigmatizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Stigmatizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of stigmatize.

Words near stigmatizes in the dictionary

  1. stigmatizations
  2. stigmatize
  3. stigmatized
  4. stigmatizer
  5. stigmatizers
  6. stigmatizes
  7. stigmatizing
  8. stigmatoid
  9. stigmatophilia
  10. stigmatophore
  11. stigmatophores

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