| 单词 | stigma |
| 释义 | stigma (once / 1360 pages) n If something has a negative association attached to it, call this a stigma. Bed-wetting can lead to a social stigma for a six year old, while chewing tobacco might have the same effect for a sixty year old. Stigma, from the Greek word of the same spelling meaning "mark, puncture," came into English through Latin to mean a mark burned into the skin to signify disgrace. It did not take long for stigma to be used figuratively, as it is commonly used today, for the negative stereotype or reputation attached to something such as "the stigma of divorce." WORD FAMILYstigma: stigmas, stigmatic, stigmatise, stigmatize+/stigmatic: stigmatically, stigmatics/stigmatise: stigmatisation, stigmatised, stigmatises, stigmatising/stigmatize: stigmatization, stigmatized, stigmatizes, stigmatizing USAGE EXAMPLESAfter the festival-circuit success of her first feature, the 2009 romantic drama "Everyone Else," Ade felt pressure and a stigma. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) Walters wanted to raise awareness about HIV and hosted testing onsite to decrease its stigma. The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) And yet she did much to dispel the stigma around mental illness, even cheekily proposing a Bipolar Pride Day. The New Yorker(Dec 28, 2016) 1n a symbol of disgrace or infamy Syn|Hypo|Hyper brand, mark, stain demerit a mark against a person for misconduct or failure; usually given in school or armed forces bar sinister, bend sinistera mark of bastardy; lines from top right to bottom left cloven foot, cloven hoofthe mark of Satan symbol an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance 2n a skin lesion that is a diagnostic sign of some disease Hyper blemish, defect, mar a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body) 3n the apical end of the style where deposited pollen enters the pistil Hyper reproductive structure the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction 4n an external tracheal aperture in a terrestrial arthropod Hyper spiracle a breathing orifice |
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