stigma
noun/ˈstɪɡmə/
/ˈstɪɡmə/
- [uncountable, countable, usually singular] negative feelings that people have about particular circumstances or characteristics that somebody may have
- the social stigma of alcoholism
- There is no longer any stigma attached to being divorced.
Extra Examples- He still suffered the stigma of having been rejected for the army.
- She had to overcome the stigma attached to older workers.
- There should not be a stigma around asking for help with your mental health.
- There is no stigma to being made redundant.
- There is no stigma to losing your job.
- He feels there is still a lot of stigma attached to being single.
- Wider knowledge of the disease removed some of the stigma from it.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- social
- bear
- carry
- suffer
- …
- be associated with something
- be attached to something
- surround
- …
- stigma to
- [countable] (biology) the part in the middle of a flower where pollen is received
Word Originlate 16th cent. (denoting a mark made by pricking or branding): via Latin from Greek stigma ‘a mark made by a pointed instrument, a dot’; related to the noun stick.
Check pronunciation:
stigma