Example sentences for: stigmatized

How can you use “stigmatized” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The NYT says the surgeon general's report finds that most people with mental disorders don't get help because they don't think effective treatments exist, or they fear being stigmatized, or because they lack applicable insurance.

  • Even the most superficial analysis of any speech community would reveal that certain varieties of speech are prestigious and others are stigmatized, and that what determines a particular variety's status has virtually nothing to do with the internal features of that variety and everything to do with the class, and in this case the race, of the speakers involved.

  • The intent of these regulations is to encourage individuals to seek treatment for substance abuse by reducing the risk that they will be stigmatized.

  • Since obese men are less stigmatized, it may also explain why wealthier men are not that much less obese than poorer men.

  • In addition to women's subordinate status in many societies, they are also frequently stigmatized as the vectors of HIV transmission, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.


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