Example sentences for: stigmatized

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

  • 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.

  • In the New York Times , Hutschnecker argued that seeking help to secure one's "emotional stability" denoted "not weakness but courage" and should not be stigmatized.

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

  • 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.

  • Indeed, in some cultures, permissible infidelity is paired with stigmatized divorce as part of the family-values formula: high-status males get a mistress as compensation for sticking with their aging wives.


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