Does you surname have an unpleasant connotation? Was it often the butt of jokes, and you ended up growing with a stigma (A symbol of disgrace or infamy)? Well, you are definitely not alone in this world. The world constantly produces examples of stigmas that at times stigmatize their victims for the rest of their lives.
Mnemonic Aid to Learn Stigmatize:
STIGMATIZE can be learnt by relating it to the word it originates from i.e. stigma. Stigma as we all know is a mark of disgrace associated with a particular person, quality or circumstance. So from here we derive the verb stigmatize whose meaning is easy to decipher if we have knowledge about the word stigma.
Meaning of Stigmatize:
1. To set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon
2. To mark with a stigma or brand.
Pronunciation of Stigmatize : stig-muh-tahyz
Sentence Examples for Stigmatize:
1. The crime of the father stigmatized the whole family.
2. Some such studies, if interpreted or reported irresponsibly, have the potential to stigmatize entire racial or ethnic groups.
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They call me kanjus Baniya, I’m always the butt of such puns. Stop stigmatizing me dear non-Baniya’s.
ok baniya 😀
thanks for the example