stigmatize
Label as disgraceful
To stigmatize is to mark someone or something as shameful, disgraceful, or worthy of disapproval.
Society stigmatizes certain conditions, behaviors, or groups—mental illness, poverty, addiction: People with HIV have been stigmatized since the epidemic began.
The word carries the idea of branding someone with a mark of disgrace that follows them.
The noun is stigma.
Attack someone's reputation
- denigrateCriticize unfairly to harm
- slanderSpoken false defamation
- malignAttack someone's reputation
- disparageExpress low opinion of
discredit · smear · tarnish · besmirch · blacken · decry · denounce · condemn
Deliberately keep away
- excludeBar from participation
- banishOfficially send away
- exileBanishment from homeland
- outcastShunned, rejected person
pariah · reject · isolate · alienate · snub · cold-shoulder · boycott · blacklist
Cause painful shame
- disgraceLoss of honor
- dishonorLoss of respect
- degradeLower in standing
- mortifyCause severe embarrassment
embarrass · demean · abase · belittle · scorn · contempt · derision · ignominy
Company's product line name
- markVisible impression or sign
- typecastRepeatedly assigned similar roles
- pigeonholeClassify too rigidly
- stereotypeFixed oversimplified notion
categorize · tag · characterize · identify · classify · designate · taint · stain
Preformed unfavorable opinion
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- stereotypeFixed oversimplified notion
- intoleranceUnwillingness to accept differences
racism · sexism · homophobia · xenophobia · ableism · ageism · classism · exclusion
vilify
Attack someone's reputation
disparage · discredit · smear · tarnish · besmirch · blacken · decry · denounce · condemn · castigate
shun
Deliberately keep away
outcast · pariah · reject · isolate · alienate · snub · cold-shoulder · boycott · blacklist · excommunicate
humiliate
Cause painful shame
mortify · embarrass · demean · abase · belittle · scorn · contempt · derision · ignominy · opprobrium
brand
Company's product line name
- markVisible impression or sign
- typecastRepeatedly assigned similar roles
- pigeonholeClassify too rigidly
stereotype · categorize · tag · characterize · identify · classify · designate · taint · stain · blemish
prejudice
Preformed unfavorable opinion
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- stereotypeFixed oversimplified notion
intolerance · racism · sexism · homophobia · xenophobia · ableism · ageism · classism · exclusion · inequality
- disapprovaldisapproval, scowl, disapprove, disapproves, frown
- degradebelittle, demean, humiliate, degrade, debase
stigmatizedestigmatize
Remove negative social perception
exonerate · vindicate · exculpate · absolve · rehabilitate
- stigmatized groupPeople marked by disgrace
astigmatism, stigmatized, stigmatizing, stigmatizes, stigmatization, stigmatised, stigmatise, stigmatising, stigmatisation