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Word: Stigma
Speech Type: Noun
late 16th century (denoting a mark made by pricking or branding): via Latin from Greek stigma ‘a mark made by a pointed instrument, a dot’; related to stick
ˈstɪɡmə
a mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person
Short Definition:mark of disgrace
Examples:- the stigma of having gone to prison will always be with me
- debt has lost its stigma and is now a part of everyday life
(in Christian tradition) marks corresponding to those left on Christ's body by the Crucifixion, said to have been impressed by divine favour on the bodies of St Francis of Assisi and others.
Short Definition:(in Christian tradition) marks corresponding to those left on Christ's body by Crucifixion
a visible sign or characteristic of a disease
Short Definition:visible sign or characteristic of disease
Examples:- knee deformities or other stigmata of childhood rickets
(in a flower) the part of a pistil that receives the pollen during pollination.
Short Definition:(in flower) part of pistil that receives pollen during pollination
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