Stigma

Definition: Stigma

Stigma

Noun

1. The apical end of the style where pollen is deposited.

2. A symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis.

3. An external tracheal aperture in a terrestrial arthropod.

4. A skin lesion that is a diagnostic sign of some disease.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "stigma" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Etymology: Stigma \Stig"ma\, noun; plural English Stigmas, from Latin expression Stigmata. [Latin expression, mark, brand, from the Greek expression the prick or mark of pointed instrument, spot, mark, from to prick, to brand. See Stick, transitive verb]. (Websters 1913)

Medicine

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Stigma

Disrepute

Tarnish, taint, defilement, pollution. stain, blot, spot, blur, stigma, brand, reproach, imputation, slur.

Crosswords: Stigma

Czech (stigma), German (stigma), Hungarian (spiracle, stigma, stigma, stigmata, stigmata), Italian (stigma), Latin (brand, stigma), Serbo-Croatian (stigma).

Stigma (1958)

The Stigma (1913)

To Stigma tis enohis (1985)

Police Story: Stigma (1977)

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Books

• Don't Call Me Nuts : Coping with the Stigma of Mental Illness (reference)

• Male on Male Rape: The Hidden Toll of Stigma and Shame (reference)

• Mark of Cain: The Stigma Theory of Crime and Social Deviance (reference)

• Pregnant Women on Drugs: Combating Stereotypes and Stigma (reference)

• The Dilemma of Difference: A Multidisciplinary View of Stigma (Perspectives in Social Psychology) (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Stigma (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

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The stigma gone, Hester heaved a long, deep sigh, in which the burden of shame and anguish departed from her spirit.

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Health

Several strategies can be used to help patients overcome the stigma and feelings of embarrassment. (references)

Little is known about how stigma associated with an increased risk for AD may affect people's families and their lives. (references)

Some individuals may not be aware of their genetic legacy, or a family member may conceal a genetic disorder from fear of social stigma. (references)

Children

Indonesia

Families often hide family members with disabilities to avoid social stigma or embarrassment. (references)

Niger

Observers reported that many persons with mental disabilities were rejected by their families due to the stigma surrounding mental illness in the country. (references)

Russia

Being a child with disabilities still is a serious social stigma in the country, an attitude that profoundly influences how institutionalized children are treated. (references)

Economic History

South Africa

The police have not been effective or well accepted in many communities because of their lack of training, the prevalence of internal corruption, and the stigma of their historically apartheid-based role in enforcing minority rule. (references)

Burma

While low wage rates make Burma an attractive locale for labor-intensive industries, this benefit is often countered by changing and often capricious government regulations, official corruption, and by the political stigma of investing here. (references)

Human Rights

Pakistan

Most women tried under the ordinance are acquitted, but the stigma of an adultery charge alone is severe. (references)

Indigenous People

India

The colonial act listing these tribes was repealed in 1951, but the stigma remains and many of these tribal people still are discriminated against actively. (references)

Women

Korea

Many rapes go unreported because of the stigma associated with being raped. (references)

Zimbabwe

In addition women are reluctant to file reports because of the social stigma of rape. (references)

Worker Rights

Tajikistan

Victims usually do not pursue legal recourse against traffickers due to the social stigma attached to the problem. (references)

Slovak Republic

NGO's and the IOM reported that victims feared returning to their home countries because of the stigma attached to trafficking victims. (references)

Czech Republic

Returnees also frequently are loath to go to their families or public social service providers for help because of the stigma attached to having been trafficked. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Albanian

turp (attaint, bashfulness, black eye, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, fie upon you, for shame, infamy, mortification, obloquy, opprobrium, pudency, reproach, shame, stain, taint, turpitude), njollë (blemish, blot, blotch, blur, cloud, discoloration, imputation, Mark, mote, nebula, patch, plash, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, soil, splodge, splotch, spot, stain, taint). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ندبة (eschar), ‏وصمة عار (smirch), ‏علامة مميزة (badge, diagnostic, earmark, impress, insignia), ‏الميسم الجزء الأعلى من الزهرة, ‏اثر الجرح. (various references)

Bulgarian 

клеймо (impress, indent, indention, note, seal, stamp), белег (earmark, guide, impress, incision, marking, patent, peg, print, scar, seam, sign, snick, sully, symptom, tincture, token, trace, vestige, weal, welt), близалце, пора (pore), позор (attaint, contumely, degradation, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, disparagement, ignominy, infamy, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, reproach, scandal, shame), петно (attaint, blob, blot, blotch, dab, daub, defilement, flaw, fleck, mottle, note, offset, reflection, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, soil, spot, stain, sully, taint, tarnish). (various references)

Chinese 

瑕疵 . (various references)

Czech

stigma, jizva (Mark, scar, Scaur, seam, Wale). (various references)

Danish

stoevfang, stigma. (various references)

Dutch

stempel (fee stamp, mine prop, pillar, pit prop, pitprops, post, prop, stamp, strut, stull). (various references)

Farsi 

کلاله (Crest, Ringlet, Tuft), لکه ننگ (Slur), خال (Blotch, Dot, Freckle, Mole, Pip, Speck, Speckle, Spot), داغ ننگ , داغ (Brand, Hot, Mark, Stain, Sultry, Therm), برامدگی (Bulge, Bump, Burr, Ganglion, Knob, Ledge, Mound, Nook, Nub, Outgrwth, Overhang, Projection, Ridge, Tumor). (various references)

Finnish

luotti. (various references)

French

stigmate. (various references)

German

Schandmal (brand), Brandmal (brand), stigma, narbe (Cicatrice, cicatrix, pit, pock, pockmark, scar, seam). (various references)

Greek 

στίγμα (blemish, blot, brand, fleck, point, slur, speck, speckle, spot). (various references)

Hebrew 

אות קלון (brand, mark of disgrace), כתם (mole, patch, slur, smear, smudge, splotch, spot, stain, tarnish), סטי�'מ�". (various references)

Hungarian

szégyenbélyeg (brand, stigmata), stigma (spiracle, stigmata). (various references)

Indonesian

nista (affront, insult, insulted). (various references)

Italian

stimma, stigma, segno (badged, character, degree, gesture, indication, Mark, nod, note, scar, score, shadow, sign, signal, suspicion, symbol, symptom, target, tick, token). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

烙印 (brand, branding iron, mark), 汚名 (dishonour, infamy). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おめい (dishonour, infamy), らくい�" (brand, branding iron, mark, nobleman's illegitimate child). (various references)

Manx

flout (affront, aspersion, gibe, invective, rebuff, rebuttal, reproach, scorn, slander, snub, taunt, vituperation), cron (blemish, draw, frame, job lot, portion, scar, speck, spot, stain). (various references)

Pig Latin

igmastay

Portuguese

estigma (brand, note, slur, smirch). (various references)

Romanian

stigmat (badge, blemish, brand, flaw, note), patã (blemish, blot, blur, breath, dab, flaw, fleck, Mark, patch, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, smut, smutch, soil, spatter, spill, splash, splotch, spot, stain, taint, tarnish, ulcer). (various references)

Russian 

пятно (attaint, blemish, blot, blotch, blur, cloud, fleck, imputation, moil, patch, reflection, reflexion, smear, smirch, smudge, soil, spot, spots of, stain, taint), позор (attaint, disgrace, ignominy, infamy, opprobrium, reproach, scandal, shame, shamefulness, taint). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

stigma, mladež (beauty spot, birthmark, mole, naevus, youth), ljaga (blemish, discredit, plague spot, smirch, stain, taint). (various references)

Spanish

estigma (brand). (various references)

Swedish

märke (Dent, device, impression, imprint, indent, indentation, label, make, mark, pock, score, sense, sign, sticker, tag, tally, trace, weal). (various references)

Thai

รอย�"่าง. (various references)

Turkish

utanç verici şey (reproach), tepecik (Barrow, Hill, hillock, hummock, knap, knoll, kopje, little hill, mound), namus lekesi (brand), leke (attaint, blemish, blob, blot, blotch, blur, cloud, discoloration, discolouration, fleck, Mackle, macula, maculation, mottle, shame, slur, smear, smirch, soil, splodge, splotch, spot, stain, taint, tarnish), kusur (blame, blemish, cavil, culpability, defalcation, default, defect, deficiency, demerit, failing, failure, fault, flaw, freckle, gaff, imperfection, inaccuracy, infirmity, remissness, scar, shortcoming, taint, vice), iz (birthmark, chip, clew, clue, dint, evidence, footprint, ghost, hint, ichno-, impress, impression, inkling, odor, odour, print, scar, shades, shadow, sign, smack, stamp, streak, suggestion, suspicion, taint, tincture, tinge, touch, trace, track, trail, vestige, weal, wheal), gözenek (pore, stoma), dişicik başı, damga (brand, cachet, cancellation, earmark, impress, impression, imprint, Mark, marker, print, seal, signature, stamp), dağlama izi. (various references)

Turkmen 

tagma (brand, strain). (various references)

Ukrainian

стигма, тавро ганьби, болячка (cancer, sore). (various references)

Welsh

gwarthnod. (various references)

stigma. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "stigma": stigmal, stigmas, stigmasterol, stigmasterols, stigmata, stigmatic, stigmatically, stigmatics, stigmatist, stigmatists, stigmatization, stigmatizations, stigmatize, stigmatized, stigmatizes, stigmatizing. (additional references)

Words containing "stigma": anastigmat, anastigmatic, anastigmats, astigmatic, astigmatics, astigmatism, astigmatisms. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Stigma" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Shigemi, Sigman, smigma, stagma, stegma, Stegman, stig, stigama, stigme, stima, stimga, stoga, stygma, Titma. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: agism, agist, gaits, maist, sigma, staig, tamis.

-2 letters: aims, aits, amis, gait, gams, gast, gats, gist, gits, magi, mags, mast, mats, migs, mist, sati, sima, smit, stag, tags, tams.

-3 letters: aim, ais, ait, ami, gam, gas, gat, git, ism, its, mag, mas, mat, mig, mis, sag, sat, sim, sit, tag, tam, tas, tis.

+1 letter: gambits, gamiest, imagist, masting, matings, sigmate, stigmal, stigmas.

+2 letters: antismog, astigmia, bigamist, digamist, gammiest, giantism, imagists, magister, mangiest, mattings, megabits, megahits, migrants, migrates, mintages, misagent, misgraft, oghamist, ragtimes, smarting, stamping, steaming, sterigma, stigmata, trigrams.

+3 letters: astigmias, atomising, bigamists, demasting, digamists, dogmatics, dogmatism, dogmatist, emigrants, emigrates, fumigants, fumigates, geminates, giantisms, gigantism, gleamiest, gymnastic, hamstring, histogram, imagistic, impasting, isogamete, ligaments, magisters, magistral, magnesite, magnetics, magnetise, magnetism, mantlings, mastering, megaliths, migrators, misacting, misagents, misdating, miseating, misgrafts, mismating, misrating, mistaking, mistaught, mitigates, nystagmic, oghamists, sterigmas, stigmatic, streaming, summating, umangites.