Definitions for stigma

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stigma stig·ma

Spelling: [stig-muh]

IPA: /ˈstɪg mə/

Stigma is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 135 anagrams from letters in stigma (agimst).

Definitions for stigma

noun

1. a mark of disgrace or infamy; a stain or reproach, as on one's reputation.
2. Medicine/Medical. a mental or physical mark that is characteristic of a defect or disease: a place or point on the skin that bleeds during certain mental states, as in hysteria.
3. Zoology. a small mark, spot, or pore on an animal or organ. the eyespot of a protozoan. an entrance into the respiratory system of insects.
4. Botany. the part of a pistil that receives the pollen.
5. stigmata, marks resembling the wounds of the crucified body of Christ, said to be supernaturally impressed on the bodies of certain persons, especially nuns, tertiaries, and monastics.
6. Archaic. a mark made by a branding iron on the skin of a criminal or slave.

Origin of stigma

1580-90; Latin Greek stígma tattoo mark, equivalent to stig- (stem of stízein to tattoo) + -ma noun suffix denoting result of action; see stick²

Examples for stigma

The play examines dating in the post HIV/AIDS world, and the stigma that being HIV positive still carries.

To be a woman suffering from a drinking problem in America is a lonely enterprise, defined by stigma and judgment.

To be attached to our Administration is almost a stigma of disreputableness.

Had Hamish been making this use of it—to remove the stigma from him?

Sooner or later the stigma will spread to all of the sciences—and to you, doctor.

The stigma, if pollen suffice, should be covered with pollen.

On which part should the stigma of illiteracy set the uglier brand?

Myerson herself appears to have bought into that stigma, offering mixed to negative views on the Miss America pageant.

The stigma of sexual assault runs deep in Syrian culture as it does across the Middle East; rape is shaming and casts dishonor.

Now, we talk about reducing the stigma of this disease—yet we've treated a visitor living with it as a threat.