stigma
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"It's a lot of stigma when somebody is brought to a psychiatrist," she said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
“Some people are still treating themselves at home,” said Rose Tchwenko, Mercy Corps’ country director for Congo, “because of the fear of treatment centers and stigma outweighing trust in the response.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
Often there’s a social stigma associated with eldercare, said Nicole Jorwic, chief program officer at Caring Across Generations, an advocacy organization.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
It is a genuinely good thing that elected officials can speak openly about mental health challenges and get treatment without stigma.
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026
As discussed in chapter 4, during Jim Crow, racial stigma contributed to racial solidarity in the black community.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
It’s also a testament to bygone stigmas and ascendant trends in American dining.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
A group in Londonderry say they hope a new mural in the city centre will help tackle stigmas around breastfeeding.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2024
With their annual income at their fingertips, a family of saffron farmers pluck delicate crimson stigmas from crocus flowers grown high in India’s Kashmir Valley.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 26, 2024
“There are stigmas attached to using AI filmmaking tools, especially in traditional creative communities, but we’re trying to be transparent about how the tools are being used,” Shimura said in an interview.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2024
To subject people who test positive to stigmas, especially when most of them may be false positives, is counterproductive and wrong.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
St. Francis, unmistakable from his tonsure, his chestnut robe and his stigmata, looks lovingly at the Christ Child.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
A student recently asked me about St. Francis of Assisi and the stigmata.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2025
At least get some kind of stigmata going.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2024
“But right now he’s ambulatory enough to where he doesn’t have all the stigmata of being critically ill in an intensive care unit, and all of the things that come with that.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 27, 2023
Many of these stigmata appear to be infected.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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