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stigma

[stig-muh] / ˈstɪg mə /


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Madden, who received the initial script years ago, stressed that a Parkinson's diagnosis still carries a heavy stigma.

From Barron's Sep. 14, 2026

It makes them feel old, a stigma that those in the senior-housing industry are trying to address.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

These included the date of the first flower, flower size, nectar sugar, flowering time, and the distance between flowers' anthers, or the pollen-producing part of the flower, and the stigma, the structure that receives pollen.

From Science Daily Sep. 4, 2026

School uniform swap shop 'saves money and tackles second hand clothes stigma'

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

The place clearly had a stigma attached to it now, and nowhere was that better embodied than on the football held.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

Dating with a pet — any pet — brings with it obstacles, but our cat stigmas aren’t helping.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Limiting your travels due to potential racial stigmas is doing yourself a disservice.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

It’s also a testament to bygone stigmas and ascendant trends in American dining.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 19, 2026

In her writing, she openly discusses and encourages topics about womanhood and aging despite the stigmas around women's health, and emphasizes moments in her life where she held men accountable.

From Salon Jan. 15, 2025

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

It's not whether or not he really received the stigmata.

From Salon Apr. 19, 2025

At least get some kind of stigmata going.

From Slate Oct. 28, 2024

Now Ferrara hasn’t even attempted a conventional biopic of the man born Francesco Forgione at the end of the 19th century, and who, according to some accounts, started displaying stigmata after an illness-plagued childhood.

From New York Times Jun. 1, 2023

I was a bom-and-bred Catholic and thought immediately it was some sort of writing stigmata and that I should get to a church.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos




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