If someone or something is stigmatized, they are unfairly regarded by many people as being bad or having something to be ashamed of. Children in single-parent families must not be stigmatised.

When someone is stigmatized What does that mean?

If you stigmatize someone, you have given that person a label — and it's usually a label that is limiting in some way. ... In the 1500s, the word stigmatize meant literally "to brand or tattoo." Nowadays, to stigmatize is to shame or brand a person in a more symbolic way.

What is an example of stigmatized?

Examples of how stigma is perpetuated include: Media depictions where the villain is often a character with a mental illness. Harmful stereotypes of people with mental illness. Treating mental health issues as if they are something people can overcome if they just "try harder" or "snap out of it"