stigmatizing
Marking with disgrace
Stigmatizing means marking someone or something with disgrace or disapproval.
To stigmatize is to characterize as shameful or unworthy: stigmatizing language, stigmatizing mental illness.
The word derives from stigma, originally a brand burned into the skin of criminals or slaves.
The policy was criticized for stigmatizing the poor.
Oversimplified group-based judgments
- typecastingAssigning actors similar roles
- pigeonholingAssigning to narrow categories
- profilingCharacterizing by patterns
- brandingCreating distinctive identity
marking · categorizing · tagging · classifying · generalizing · othering · dehumanizing · pathologizing
Loss of dignity
- disgraceLoss of honor
- degradingLowering in worth
- denigratingCriticizing to damage reputation
- disparagingExpressing negative judgment
belittling · ridiculing · mocking · scorning · condemning · vilifying · discrediting · tarnishing
Relegation to powerless periphery
- ostracizingExcluding from a group
- shunningDeliberately avoiding someone
- isolationComplete separation from others
- alienationState of being isolated
rejection · segregation · blacklisting · banishment · excommunication · cold-shouldering · sidelining · ghettoizing
Preformed unfavorable opinion
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- intoleranceUnwillingness to accept differences
- racismPrejudice based on ethnicity
sexism · homophobia · xenophobia · ableism · ageism · classism · transphobia · sizeism
stereotyping
Oversimplified group-based judgments
- typecastingAssigning actors similar roles
- pigeonholingAssigning to narrow categories
- profilingCharacterizing by patterns
branding · marking · categorizing · tagging · classifying · generalizing · othering · dehumanizing · pathologizing · criminalizing
humiliation
Loss of dignity
- disgraceLoss of honor
- degradingLowering in worth
- denigratingCriticizing to damage reputation
disparaging · belittling · ridiculing · mocking · scorning · condemning · vilifying · discrediting · tarnishing · defaming
marginalization
Relegation to powerless periphery
- ostracizingExcluding from a group
- shunningDeliberately avoiding someone
- isolationComplete separation from others
alienation · rejection · segregation · blacklisting · banishment · excommunication · cold-shouldering · sidelining · ghettoizing · outcasting
prejudice
Preformed unfavorable opinion
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- intoleranceUnwillingness to accept differences
racism · sexism · homophobia · xenophobia · ableism · ageism · classism · transphobia · sizeism · colorism
- vilificationvilification, vilifying, demonizing, demonisation, demonize
- discriminationracism, systemic discrimination, Jim Crow laws, sexism, racial harassment
stigmatizingaccepting
Willing to receive
embracing · welcoming · affirming · validating · including
stigmatizingnormalizing
Making conform to norms
mainstreaming · destigmatizing · legitimizing · decriminalizing · integrating
stigmatizinghonoring
Recognizing with respect
celebrating · glorifying · exalting · dignifying · praising