stigmatization.

The assignment of a discrediting social label to a person or group.

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Words that belong together

• social stigmatization
• stigmatization of a group

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The campaign challenged the stigmatization of unemployed people.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: character, interpretation. Commonness: moderately common.