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UK
/stˈɪɡmɐ/
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[ US /ˈstɪɡmə/ ]
[ US /ˈstɪɡmə/ ]
NOUN
- a skin lesion that is a diagnostic sign of some disease
- the apical end of the style where deposited pollen enters the pistil
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a symbol of disgrace or infamy
And the Lord set a mark upon Cain - an external tracheal aperture in a terrestrial arthropod
How To Use stigma In A Sentence
- It is pertinent to destigmatize depression, so those suffering from it could seek medical help.
- HIV-positive Pedro Zamora from the San Francisco season, for example, put a face to the stigmatized disease of AIDS and did a world of good with his exposure -- even getting the recognition of then-president Bill Clinton. Ryan O'Connell: Auditioning for the Real World Is Too Real
- Joining a dating agency has no stigma, it is tantamount to joining a private members' club.
- Similarly, the variation of distance refraction and the presence of astigmatism is also lower than for humans.
- You know how sometimes SF/Fantasy is referred to as "speculative fiction", in an attempt to encompass all types of non-realistic fiction, and also to avoid the stigma of genrefication?
- Founded exactly 25 years ago, this group of ostentatious do-gooders vow ‘to promulgate universal joy and expiate stigmatic guilt’.
- The publication of Quantum Leaps is not a fluke; rather it is an exceptionally clear manifestation of the taint, stigma, and taboo surrounding the paranormal.
- If marriage confers social status and respectability, adultery confers a stigma.
- He seemed to regard it as a stigma which he bore with what grace he could. THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN
- He swallowed and shifted his astigmatic eyes to the cards in his hand.