stigma
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: Christianity
biology
botany
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
zoology
Etymology: From Latin stigma, from Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma, “mark of slavery or disgrace”), from στίζω (stízō, “to mark”). Closely related to stigme, and distantly related to stick.
Inflected forms:
form: stigmata
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: stigmas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: stigmat
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: stigmate
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: stigme
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An indication of infamy or disgrace.
pos: noun
examples: But to have as an enforced dining companion a man who was probably a Papist, certainly a rake, and bore the stigma of cowardice, was anathema.
gloss: An indication of infamy or disgrace.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: An indication of infamy or disgrace.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: Yet, because of the stigma around nursing home placement, it is hard to find advocates from among the natural advocacy groups the families. You don't see families organized around long-term care as you do around specific diseases.
Hence, the stigma attached to mental disorders in general forms the basis of the stigma towards women with mental health problems. […]
Coming into contact with the person affected by mental illness can help reduce the stigma that the public has towards the illness.
... the stigma in the United States about the lower class accessing “welfare,” […]
gloss: An indication of infamy or disgrace.
pos: noun
gloss: An indication of infamy or disgrace.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
poetic
rare
examples: Bradly scowled - the stigmata of alarm. What ultimate threat to his peace and privacy did this dropping in by young Podson imply?
gloss: A scar or birthmark.
pos: noun
gloss: The sticky part of a flower that receives pollen during pollination.
pos: noun
examples: Black crowberry. Empetrum nigrum. Crowberry Family. Fruit. — The black drupe is berrylike, globular, and incloses six to nine seedlike nutlets with a seed in each. The calyx is at the base and the stigma is at the apex. The drupes are solitary in the leaf axils. They are juicy, acid, edible, and serve as food for the Arctic birds.
Now you see just how the stamen gets its lusty dust onto the stigma / And why this frenzied chlorophyllous orgy starts in spring is no enigma!
gloss: A visible sign or characteristic of a disease.
pos: noun
gloss: Synonym of pterostigma.
pos: noun
Related words: astigmatism
Derived words: antistigma
orbicular stigma
pseudostigma
social stigma
stigmal
stigmaless
stigmatic
stigmatize
stigmatose
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: وَصْمَة
roman: waṣma
lang: Bulgarian
word: позор
roman: pozor
lang: Bulgarian
word: дамга
roman: damga
lang: Catalan
word: estigma
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 恥辱 /耻辱
roman: chǐrǔ
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 污名
roman: wūmíng
lang: Danish
word: stigma
lang: Finnish
word: stigma
lang: Finnish
word: häpeämerkki
lang: French
word: stigmate
lang: Georgian
word: სტიგმა
roman: sṭigma
lang: Georgian
word: სამარცხვინო დაღი
roman: samarcxvino daɣi
lang: German
word: Stigma
lang: Greek
word: στίγμα
roman: stígma
lang: Hungarian
word: stigma
lang: Hungarian
word: szégyenbélyeg
lang: Hungarian
word: bélyeg
lang: Hungarian
word: szégyenfolt
lang: Irish
word: smál
lang: Italian
word: marchio
lang: Italian
word: stigma
lang: Japanese
word: 恥辱
roman: chijoku
lang: Japanese
word: 汚点
roman: oten
lang: Japanese
word: 汚名
roman: omei
lang: Māori
word: poapoataunu
lang: Persian
word: ننگ
roman: nang
lang: Polish
word: piętno
lang: Portuguese
word: estigma
lang: Russian
word: клеймо́
roman: klejmó
lang: Russian
word: позо́рное пятно́
roman: pozórnoje pjatnó
lang: Sicilian
word: stigma
lang: Sicilian
word: stimma
lang: Sicilian
word: nciuria
lang: Sicilian
word: gnuria
lang: Spanish
word: estigma
lang: Spanish
word: sambenito
lang: Swedish
word: stigma
lang: Thai
word: มลทิน
roman: mon-tin