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stigmatizing

verb , present participle of stigmatize

Synonyms and Antonyms of stigmatizing

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

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of stigmatizing

branding, tagging

baptizing (also baptising), calling, christening, cleping [archaic], denominating, designating, dubbing, entitling, labeling (or labelling), naming, nominating, styling, terming, titling

denoting, specifying

miscalling, misnaming, mistitling

code-naming, nicknaming

rechristening, relabeling (or relabelling), renaming

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