Stigmatize

From Medieval Latin stigmatizo ("to brand"), from Ancient Greek ÏƒÏ„Î¹Î³Î¼Î±Ï„Î¯Î¶Ï‰ ("to mark"), from ÏƒÏ„Î¯Î³Î¼Î±.

Full definition of stigmatize

(transitive) To characterize as disgraceful or ignominious; to mark with a stigma or stigmata.

1819-1820, Washington Irving, S:The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon/Traits of Indian Character, We stigmatize the Indians, also, as cowardly and treacherous, because they use stratagem in warfare in preference to open force; but in this they are fully justified by their rude code of honor.
2010, Mark McClelland, "The 'Beautiful Boy' in Japanese Girls' Manga", in Manga: An Anthology of Global and Cultural Perspectives (ed. Toni Johnson-Woods), The Continuum International Publishing Group Inc (2010), ISBN 9780826429377, page 78:Helen Hardacre, in her study of discourses stigmatizing women who have had abortions, argues that there has been a marked rise in media interest in women's sexuality since the 1970s.
2012, Daphne C. Watkins & Harold W. Neighbors, "Social Determinants of Depression and the Black Male Experience", in Social Determinants of Health Among African-American Men (eds. Henrie M. Treadwell, Clare Xanthos, & Kisha B. Holden), Jossey-Bass (2013), ISBN 9780470931103, page 55:This chapter examines the social determinants of depression in black men because no other race-by-gender population group has been stigmatized as much as black men.