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stigmatize

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++stig·ma·tize (also stigmatise British English) /ˈstɪɡmətaɪz/ verb  be stigmatized PREJUDICEDto be treated by society as if you should feel ashamed of your situation or behaviour 被视为可耻,受到蔑视 Single mothers often feel that they are stigmatized by society. 单身母亲常常觉得自己受社会歧视。stigmatization /ˌstɪɡmətaɪˈzeɪʃən $ -tə-/ noun [uncountable]→ See Verb table
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stigmatizeIt also said searches must not stigmatize any traveler, and that airline files can not be permanent but must be purged.Since offices were regarded as a form of property, reform could be stigmatized as an encroachment upon freehold.Most are concerned that their daughters will be stigmatized by any association with lesbianism.By being voluntary and reversible, this arrangement avoids being stigmatized by the United Nations as colonial.Ever since the stigmatizing events of the 1940s, it has been the work of Chicana writers to claim that strength.As with the stereotyping and stigmatizing of welfare recipients, views about teenage childbearing are frequently extraordinarily simplistic.Even the lonely stigmatized the lonely.Supporters hope the agreement will stigmatize the weapons, and other countries eventually would feel compelled to sign, too.
stig·ma·tize verbChineseSyllable
treated if be to Corpus as feel you by society ashamed should


stigmatize
stigmatize (also stigmatise British English) /ˈstɪɡmətaɪz/ verb
be stigmatized to be treated by society as if you should feel ashamed of your situation or behaviour:
    Single mothers often feel that they are stigmatized by society.
—stigmatization /ˌstɪɡmətaɪˈzeɪʃən $ -tə-/ noun [uncountable]


stig·ma·tize (BrE also stig·ma·tise) BrE /ˈstɪɡmətaɪz/ 🔊NAmE /ˈstɪɡmətaɪz/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they stigmatize BrE /ˈstɪɡmətaɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈstɪɡmətaɪz/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it stigmatizes BrE /ˈstɪɡmətaɪzɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈstɪɡmətaɪzɪz/ 🔊past simple stigmatized BrE /ˈstɪɡmətaɪzd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈstɪɡmətaɪzd/ 🔊past participle stigmatized BrE /ˈstɪɡmətaɪzd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈstɪɡmətaɪzd/ 🔊 -ing form stigmatizing BrE /ˈstɪɡmətaɪzɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈstɪɡmətaɪzɪŋ/ 🔊 [usually passive] ~ sb/sth (formal) to treat sb in a way that makes them feel that they are very bad or unimportant 使感到羞耻;侮蔑 stig·ma·tiza·tion, stig·ma·tisa·tion BrE /ˌstɪɡmətaɪˈzeɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌstɪɡmətəˈzeɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]