stigma
/ˈstɪɡmə/
stigma noun: an indication of infamy or disgrace.
Noun (1)
stigma (plural stigmata or stigmas)
- 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
- A permanent identity mark branded, cut or tattooed onto the skin, typically given to slaves, criminals and traitors.
- A negative and often unfair attitude (held by a group or society, to something).
- 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
- A mark on the body corresponding to one of the wounds of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ, and sometimes reported to bleed periodically.
- 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.
- 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...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
- Synonyms:
- summit
- A visible sign or characteristic of a disease.
- Synonym of pterostigma.
- Synonyms:
- pterostigma
Noun (2)
stigma (plural stigmas)
stigma meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
stigma in Hindi
- the stigma or pistil of a flower, especially of the crocus
- केसर kesar
stigma in Tamil
- இழுக்கு, கறை, நற்பெயர்கெடு, கேடிசூழ், தனிக்குறி, வடு
stigma in Marathi
- stigma, blot
- कलंक kalaṅka
stigma in Urdu
- عیب, داغ, دھبہ, سیاہی
More languagesFewer languages
- stigma in Bengali
- অঘ ogh, মল mol
- stigma in Telugu
- కీలాగ్రము kīlāgramu
- stigma in Malayalam
- മറുക്, അപമാനം, ദുഷ്കീർത്തി, മുറിവുകൾ
- stigma in Kannada
- ಕಳಂಕ, ಅಪವಾದ, ನಿಂದೆ, ಕಲೆ
- stigma in Gujarati
- કમળ kamaḷ
- stigma in Odia
- ଦାଗ dāga
- stigma in Nepali
- स्टिगमा, स्टिग्म
- stigma in Tagalog
- patdahan
- stigma in Arabic
- وَصْمَة waṣma, مِيسَم mīsam
- stigma in Persian
- ننگ nang, داغ dâġ, کلاله kolâle
- stigma in Thai
- มลทิน mon-tin, ปาน bpaan, ยอดเกสรตัวเมีย yɔ̂ɔt-gee-sɔ̌ɔn-dtuua-miia
Examples of stigma in a sentence
- 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:
- ... 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:
- The calyx is at the base and the stigma is at the apex.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:
Synonyms of stigma
Forms of stigma
| plural | stigmata |
|---|---|
| plural | stigmas |
| alternative form | stigmat |
| alternative form | stigmate |
| alternative form | stigme |
Origin of stigma
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.
From Byzantine Greek στίγμα (stígma), likely coined by analogy with σίγμα (sígma).
Words formed from stigma
Words that rhyme with stigma
Questions about stigma
- What does stigma mean?
- Stigma means an indication of infamy or disgrace.
- What is stigma in Hindi?
- Stigma in Hindi is केसर (kesar). See Stigma meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use stigma in a sentence?
- Coming into contact with the person affected by mental illness can help reduce the stigma that the public has towards the illness.
- What part of speech is stigma?
- Stigma is a noun.
- How do you pronounce stigma?
- Stigma is pronounced /ˈstɪɡmə/.
- What is the plural of stigma?
- The plural of stigma is stigmata.
Words near stigma in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: stigma (page history and authors); केसर (Hindi) (page history and authors); stigma (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); कलंक (Marathi) (page history and authors); stigma (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অঘ (Bengali) (page history and authors); stigma (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); stigma (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); કમળ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ଦାଗ (Odia) (page history and authors); stigma (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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