stigma en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈstɪɡmə/
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.
Meanings
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An indication of infamy or disgrace.
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.
2023 September 8, David Donachie, A Shred of Honour: A Markham of the Marines Novel, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 2:
- (historical) An indication of infamy or disgrace. ▸ A permanent identity mark branded, cut or tattooed onto the skin, typically given to slaves, criminals and traitors.
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(figuratively) An indication of infamy or disgrace. ▸ A negative and often unfair attitude (held by a group or society, to something).
... the stigma in the United States about the lower class accessing “welfare,” […]
2024 December 15, Amy Speier, Mobility in North American Surrogacy: A Fertile Global Industry, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, →ISBN, page 67: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.
1982, Journal of Gerontological Nursing:Hence, the stigma attached to mental disorders in general forms the basis of the stigma towards women with mental health problems. […]
2010 March 18, Dora Kohen, Oxford Textbook of Women and Mental Health, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 5:Coming into contact with the person affected by mental illness can help reduce the stigma that the public has towards the illness.
2018 March 8, Darko Pozder, Without Stigma: About the Stigma of the Mental Illness, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN:
- (qualifier:chiefly in the plural stigmata) An indication of infamy or disgrace. ▸ A mark on the body corresponding to one of the wounds of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ, and sometimes reported to bleed periodically.
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(figuratively, poetic, rare) An indication of infamy or disgrace. ▸ An expression or behaviour revealing one's hidden feelings.
Bradly scowled - the stigmata of alarm. What ultimate threat to his peace and privacy did this dropping in by young Podson imply?
1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 65:
- A scar or birthmark.
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The sticky part of a flower that receives pollen during pollination.
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.
1905, Maude Gridley Peterson, How to Know Wild Fruits: A Guide to Plants When Not in Flower by Means of Fruit and Leaf, Macmillan, page 202: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!
1982, Dennis Linde, “Reproduction”, in Grease 2:
- A visible sign or characteristic of a disease.
- Synonym of pterostigma.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| stigmata | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| stigme | alternative | lexicographic | |
| stigmat | alternative | lexicographic | |
| stigmate | alternative | lexicographic | |
| stigmas | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
stigmatic · stigmatose · social stigma · pseudostigma · stigmaless · stigmatize · orbicular stigma · stigmal · antistigma
Relateds
Synonyms
Translations (105)
fa داغ (scar or birthmark) · th มลทิน (indication of infamy or disgrace) · it marchio (indication of infamy or disgrace) · scn gnuria (indication of infamy or disgrace) · ar مِيسَم (part of a flower) · ru клеймо́ (indication of infamy or disgrace) · ga stiogma (part of a flower) · ja 傷 (scar or birthmark) · tr tepecik (part of a flower) · es estigma (indication of infamy or disgrace) · it stigma (part of a flower) · nl stempel (part of a flower) · el στίγμα (part of a flower) · ga stiogmata (Christianity: mark on the body corresponding to one of the wounds of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ) · ga stiogma (scar or birthmark) · ru шрам (scar or birthmark) · cmn 恥辱 /耻辱 (indication of infamy or disgrace) · la stigma (Christianity: mark on the body corresponding to one of the wounds of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ) · tl patdahan (part of a flower) · ru роди́мое пятно́ (scar or birthmark) · ka სტიგმა (indication of infamy or disgrace) · fi stigma (indication of infamy or disgrace) · el στίγμα (scar or birthmark) · es marca de nacimiento (scar or birthmark) · hu szégyenbélyeg (indication of infamy or disgrace) · de Muttermal (scar or birthmark) · de Narbe (part of a flower) · te కీలాగ్రము (part of a flower) · hu bibe (part of a flower) · hu forradás (scar or birthmark) · sv märke (part of a flower) · bg белег (scar or birthmark) · el στίγμα (indication of infamy or disgrace) · da stigma (indication of infamy or disgrace) · pt estigma (indication of infamy or disgrace) · scn stigma (indication of infamy or disgrace) · eo stigmo (part of a flower) · it stimma (Christianity: mark on the body corresponding to one of the wounds of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ) · ja 汚名 (indication of infamy or disgrace) · cmn 污名 (indication of infamy or disgrace) · sv stigma (indication of infamy or disgrace) · ar وَصْمَة (indication of infamy or disgrace) · pl stygmat (Christianity: mark on the body corresponding to one of the wounds of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ) · it stigma (Christianity: mark on the body corresponding to one of the wounds of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ) · cmn 胎記 /胎记 (scar or birthmark) · pl znamię (scar or birthmark) · ka სამარცხვინო დაღი (indication of infamy or disgrace) · pl piętno (scar or birthmark) · is fræni (part of a flower) · es antojo (scar or birthmark) · ja 紅斑 (scar or birthmark) · fi luotti (part of a flower) · fi arpi (scar or birthmark) · cy stigma (Christianity: mark on the body corresponding to one of the wounds of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ) · pl piętno (indication of infamy or disgrace) · ru позо́рное пятно́ (indication of infamy or disgrace) · it stigma (indication of infamy or disgrace) · th ยอดเกสรตัวเมีย (part of a flower) · ko 주두 (part of a flower) · yue 柱頭 /柱头 (part of a flower) · fa ننگ (indication of infamy or disgrace) · de Stigma (indication of infamy or disgrace) · cmn 疤痕 (scar or birthmark) · cy gwarthnod (scar or birthmark) · cs blizna (part of a flower) · cy haearnod (scar or birthmark) · pt chaga (Christianity: mark on the body corresponding to one of the wounds of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ) · bg съигма (Christianity: mark on the body corresponding to one of the wounds of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ) · bg дамга (indication of infamy or disgrace) · fi häpeämerkki (indication of infamy or disgrace) · de Mal (scar or birthmark) · hu stigma (indication of infamy or disgrace) · fr stigmate (indication of infamy or disgrace) · fi syntymämerkki (scar or birthmark) · ja 恥辱 (indication of infamy or disgrace) · mi poapoataunu (indication of infamy or disgrace) · fr stigmate (scar or birthmark) · ca estigma (indication of infamy or disgrace) · ga smál (indication of infamy or disgrace) · ru роди́нка (scar or birthmark) · ca estigma (part of a flower) · cy stigma (part of a flower) · es estigma (part of a flower) · fr stigmate (part of a flower) · hu stigma (Christianity: mark on the body corresponding to one of the wounds of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ) · bg позор (indication of infamy or disgrace) · hu szégyenfolt (indication of infamy or disgrace) · th ปาน (scar or birthmark) · got 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌺𐍃 (Christianity: mark on the body corresponding to one of the wounds of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ) · scn stimma (indication of infamy or disgrace) · es sambenito (indication of infamy or disgrace) · hu sebhely (scar or birthmark) · hu bélyeg (indication of infamy or disgrace) · ru ры́льце (part of a flower) · cmn 柱頭 /柱头 (part of a flower) · ja 汚点 (indication of infamy or disgrace) · ga spota (scar or birthmark) · mi tauhae (part of a flower) · ja 柱頭 (part of a flower) · kmr kosp (part of a flower) · ro stigmat (part of a flower) · scn nciuria (indication of infamy or disgrace) · lv drīksna (part of a flower) · pt estigma (part of a flower) · fa کلاله (part of a flower)