Synonyms of stigmatizing

stigmatizing

verb

present participle of stigmatize

as in labeling

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

Related Words

• labeling
• specifying
• branding
• naming
• terming
• calling
• designating
• denoting
• tagging
• nominating
• titling
• denominating
• dubbing
• styling
• entitling
• baptizing
• christening
• nicknaming
• misnaming
• cleping
• relabeling
• renaming
• miscalling
• mistitling
• code-naming
• rechristening
• surnaming

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of stigmatizing

At a community meeting on gang violence in Edina on Monday night, resident Farhina Budul urged leaders to address the violence without stigmatizing an entire community. — Reg Chapman, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

The word addict was stigmatizing; better to refer to people who use drugs. — Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026

There’ll be bits of the media, the right-wing press, for instance, who will have already put in some hard work stigmatizing asylum seekers or other groups of immigrants. — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 12 June 2026

Many nurses reported hearing their colleagues using stigmatizing language and dismissive behaviors. — Karli Swenson, The Conversation, 11 June 2026

Anthropic sued, claiming the Pentagon is illegally retaliating by stigmatizing the company with a designation meant to protect against sabotage of national security systems by foreign adversaries. — ABC News, 31 May 2026

Using it as a vehicle for panic about the World Cup risks both stigmatizing affected populations and distracting attention from the practical preparedness measures that actually keep people safe. — Krutika Kuppalli, STAT, 28 May 2026

Framing medical treatment as a failure of willpower ignores the science — potentially delaying and stigmatizing life-saving interventions. — Jia Shen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026

Those gender-specific displays can feel intimidating or stigmatizing to some men, Horvath said. — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2026