Stigma

Noun

 * 1) A mark of infamy or disgrace.
 * 2) A scar or birthmark.
 * 3)  The sticky part of a flower that receives pollen during pollination.
 * 4) a ligature of the Greek letters sigma and tau, (Ϛ/ϛ).

Derived terms

 * stigmatize

Adjectives for Stigma
infernal; irredeemable; lifelong; viscid; social; scandalous.

Verbs for Stigma
abolish—; bear—; destroy—; efface—; endure—; eradicate—; escape—; extricate—; incur—; inveigh against—; nullify—; purge of—; shun—; suffer—; tolerate—; vindicate of—; wipe out—; —aggravates; — brands; —clings; —defames; —detracts. from; —humiliates; —marks; —ostracizes; —reflects upon; —sullies; —taints; —traduces; —defiles.

Thesaurus
abscess, androecium, anther, aposteme, aspersion, attaint, badge of infamy, bar sinister, baton, bed sore, bend sinister, besmirchment, birthmark, black eye, black mark, blain, blaze, bleb, blemish, blister, bloodstain, blot, blotch, blur, boil, brand, broad arrow, bubo, bulla, bunion, calyx, canker, canker sore, carbuncle, carpel, caste mark, censure, champain, chancre, chancroid, check, checkmark, chilblain, cicatrix, cold sore, corolla, corolla tube, corona, cut, dab, dapple, daub, demerit, discoloration, disfigurement, disgrace, dishonor, disparagement, dot, earmark, engraving, epicalyx, eschar, eyesore, felon, fester, festering, fever blister, fistula, fleck, flick, flyspeck, freckle, furuncle, furunculus, gash, gathering, graving, gumboil, gynoecium, hack, hemorrhoids, imputation, jot, kibe, lentigo, lesion, macula, maculation, macule, mark, mark of Cain, marking, megasporophyll, microsporophyll, mole, mottle, nevus, nick, notch, odium, onus, papula, papule, paronychia, parulis, patch, perianth, petal, petechia, piles, pillorying, pimple, pistil, pock, point, point champain, polka dot, polyp, prick, puncture, pustule, receptacle, reflection, reprimand, reproach, rising, scab, scar, scarification, score, scotch, scratch, scratching, shame, slur, smear, smirch, smouch, smudge, smut, smutch, soft chancre, sore, spatter, speck, speckle, splash, splatter, splotch, spot, stain, stamen, stigmatism, stigmatization, strawberry mark, sty, style, suppuration, swelling, taint, tarnish, tattoo, tattoo mark, tick, tittle, torus, tubercle, ulcer, ulceration, wale, watermark, welt, wheal, whelk, whitlow, wound

Etymology
From stigma: <  στίγμα: < στίζω:

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek:


 * Polish: piętno
 * Russian:, позорное пятно


 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Greek:


 * Polish: piętno, znamię
 * Russian:, родимое пятно


 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * Greek:
 * Icelandic:
 * Spanish:


 * French:


 * Greek:


 * : stigma

Anagrams

 * mistag

Noun

 * 1) stigma

Etymology
From στίγμα:.

Pronunciation

 * or

Related terms

 * stigmatisere ("stigmatize")
 * stigmatisering ("stigmatization")

Noun

 * 1) stigma (Greek letter)
 * Contrairement à ce que l'œil pourrait laisser croire, stigma n'est pas un sigma final grec : en effet, c'est l'évolution de la ligature d'un sigma lunaire avec un tau.

Etymology
From στίγμα:

Noun

 * 1) stigma (all senses)


 * 1) stigma (Greek ligature)

Related terms

 * stigmata
 * stigmatizzare

Noun

 * 1) a stigma
 * att ha många barn har gått från stigma till status
 * to have many children has gone from stigma to status

Related terms

 * stigmatisera