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stigmatise
(redirected from Social stigma)

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Verb1.stigmatise - to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful; "He denounced the government action"; "She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock"
label - assign a label to; designate with a label; "These students were labelled `learning disabled'"
2.stigmatise - mark with a stigma or stigmata; "They wanted to stigmatize the adulteress"
mark - make or leave a mark on; "the scouts marked the trail"; "ash marked the believers' foreheads"


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Questioning the social stigma attached to certain sections of society, Advani said, "If we cannot tolerate untouchability in social life, why should we ever even think of untouchability in politics?
Technical Advisor National TB Control Programme Dr Muhammad Tariq said that health education is a key intervention to make people aware of issues related to the disease including tackling social stigma.
In the 19th century (and for much of the 20th century) illegitimacy carried a huge social stigma and families went to great lengths to hush it up, even falsifying records to hide the truth.
 
 
 
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