stigma

noun

/ˈstɪɡmə/

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[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 mental illness.
- There is no stigma to being made redundant.
- There is no stigma to losing your job.
- There is still a lot of stigma attached to suicide.
- Wider knowledge of the disease removed some of the stigma from it.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- social
verb + stigma
- bear
- carry
- suffer
- …
stigma + verb
- be associated with something
- be attached to something
- surround
- …
preposition
- stigma to
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[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.

单词	stigma
释义	stigma noun /ˈstɪɡmə/ /ˈstɪɡmə/ jump to other results [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 mental illness. There is no stigma to being made redundant. There is no stigma to losing your job. There is still a lot of stigma attached to suicide. Wider knowledge of the disease removed some of the stigma from it. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective social verb + stigma bear carry suffer … stigma + verb be associated with something be attached to something surround … preposition stigma to See full entry enlarge image [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.
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