Friends are joking about "being crazy"; the newspaper labels a mentally ill person as potentially dangerous; the couple next door denies that their son has autism. Each is an instance of a(n) __________,
a set of negative attitudes that place people apart as unacceptable.
FIll in the blank with correct word.
Answer: stigma
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