stigmatized
Branded as shameful
Stigmatized means marked with disgrace or disapproval.
A stigmatized condition like addiction or mental illness carries social shame that discourages people from seeking help.
Stigmatized groups face discrimination and exclusion: Formerly incarcerated people remain stigmatized in the job market.
The word comes from stigma, originally a brand burned into skin to mark slaves or criminals.
Shut out, denied entry
- outcastShunned, rejected person
- shunnedPersistently avoided socially
- marginalizedPushed to society's edges
- alienatedMade distant or hostile
isolated · rejected · banished · pariah · blacklisted · exiled · sidelined · snubbed
Marked by hot iron
- markedBearing an indicator
- typecastRepeatedly assigned similar roles
- pigeonholedRigidly classified or dismissed
- stereotypedReduced to oversimplified traits
profiled · tagged · categorized · classified · characterized · identified · designated · typed
Brought into shame
- dishonoredBrought shame upon
- humiliatedMade to feel worthless
- degradedReduced in rank or quality
- scornedRegarded with contempt
condemned · vilified · denigrated · defamed · disparaged · debased · mortified · reproached
excluded
Shut out, denied entry
- outcastShunned, rejected person
- shunnedPersistently avoided socially
- marginalizedPushed to society's edges
alienated · isolated · rejected · banished · pariah · blacklisted · exiled · sidelined · snubbed · spurned
branded
Marked by hot iron
- markedBearing an indicator
- typecastRepeatedly assigned similar roles
- pigeonholedRigidly classified or dismissed
stereotyped · profiled · tagged · categorized · classified · characterized · identified · designated · typed · stamped
disgraced
Brought into shame
- dishonoredBrought shame upon
- humiliatedMade to feel worthless
- degradedReduced in rank or quality
scorned · condemned · vilified · denigrated · defamed · disparaged · debased · mortified · reproached · denounced
forbidden
Not allowed
- unspeakableBeyond verbal expression
- unmentionableToo shameful to discuss
- censoredSuppressed from publication
shameful · dirty · indecent · improper · closeted · hidden · secretive · hushed · silenced · suppressed
diagnosis
Identification of illness
depression · addiction · therapy · asylum · institutionalized · medicated · crazy · unstable · unfit · broken
- outcastsoutcast, pariah, pariahs, outcasts, outlaws
- social stigmashame, shamed, disgrace, dishonor, outcast
- usage labelsformal, informal, archaic, obsolete, colloquial
- underclasspoor, pauper, peasant, homeless, serf
- unsellablesunmarketable, deadstock, unsold goods, defective goods, damaged goods
stigmatizednormalized
Adjusted to standard measure
mainstream · destigmatized · legitimized · sanctioned · conventional
- stigmatized groupPeople marked by disgrace
stigmatize, stigmatizing, stigmatizes, stigmatization, destigmatize, destigmatization, destigmatizing