Thesaurus results for STIGMATIZES

stigmatizes

verb

present tense third-person singular of stigmatize

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usually disapproving to describe or regard (something, such as a characteristic or group of people) in a way that shows strong disapproval a legal system that stigmatizes juveniles as criminals

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Recent Examples of stigmatizes Stating it from federal authority stigmatizes depression treatment and discourages people from seeking care. — Jonathan Slater, STAT, 13 May 2026 This reflects broader sexism in our culture that stigmatizes feminine emotion, including intimacy between mothers and sons. — Sam Sussman september 16, Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2025 Opponents counter that the move stigmatizes low-income families and limits personal choice without addressing broader issues, such as food affordability and access to healthier options. — Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025

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Ferrari is wary of a culture that diagnoses and labels nearly everything, and equally wary of the backlash that waves off deeper work as just talking.

— Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 15 July 2026
Also highlighted this year as finalists are fellow couture designer Julie de Libran as well as menswear labels EgonLab and Kartik Research.

— Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 28 June 2026

Definition of labels

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Telling customers which conditions your product was built and tested for, the same way a hardware manufacturer specifies power requirements, is just common sense.

— Jatin Narang, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
The company uses whatever bricks and mortar a contractor already specifies, meaning regulators see nothing new to approve.

— Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 15 July 2026

Definition of specifies

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Cristobal calls change ‘a positive step’ This new process would have benefited Miami greatly last year when determining who would make the conference championship.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
These 126 spacecraft will be part of a larger LEO network that the SDA calls the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 16 July 2026

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Part of the reason that brands such as Asics, New Balance and Hoka are gaining traction is because Nike’s given up shelf space, but Krinsky said consumers are also more open to trying new things.

— Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
The development comes after several nonprofit organizations challenged the law on behalf of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which brands itself as a Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization.

— Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 14 July 2026

Definition of brands

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The ceasefire framework explicitly designates Iran and Oman to negotiate the strategic waterway’s future management, giving Araghchi’s visit to Muscat particular significance.

— Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
The bill designates firing squads as the primary method of execution.

— Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 1 July 2026

Definition of designates

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This metadata names the component and assigns it a generation number that is incremented each time a new security fix ships.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 14 July 2026
The suit names OpenAI; OpenAI’s Chang Liu, a former Apple engineer, and OpenAI hardware chief Tang Tan, who previously led iPhone and Apple Watch product design.

— Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 10 July 2026

Definition of names

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As is the case with most of Oleszko’s work, the title is a pun, referring both to this figure’s act of blowing into its instrument as well as a phrase that denotes an overly prideful person.

— Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 16 July 2026
Here log denotes the logarithm of n, which is a function that grows very slowly.

— Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 13 July 2026

Definition of denotes

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On the left, an approach that Neem terms post-American has taken root, pushing the arguments of the 1970s in an ever more emphatic direction.

— Yoni Appelbaum, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026
Perez, a Cuban-American attorney who terms out from the House this year, has emerged as one of Florida Republicans’ most influential and divisive figures.

— Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 2 June 2026

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