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stigma

[stig-muh] / ˈstɪg mə /


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By making mental health conditions easier to understand through measurable physical information, the company hopes to reduce stigma and help patients better understand their experiences.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

If television could hit something approaching the same cinematic highs and emotional depths as a Hollywood movie, even if rarely, then the stigma of going episodic couldn’t last.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026

"There's a bigger conversation with that," she said, adding "culture change" was needed to make toilets "shame and stigma free".

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

The WHO has warned that stigma surrounding Ebola could discourage people from reporting symptoms or seeking medical care, potentially allowing the virus to spread undetected.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

It's a stigma we’ve earned and are trying to overcome with our own unique blend of guilt and hypocrisy.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

Fenton warned the policy could bring stigmas about using the toilet in school to "a whole new level".

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 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

And there’s a lot of cultural stigmas that she looks at when it comes to female and male gender roles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 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

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

Church figures who claimed to have experienced the stigmata wounds, including Padre Pio and Pope Francis’ namesake, St. Francis of Assisi, have inspired millions of Catholics.

From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2024

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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