stigma
Etymology 1

From Latin stigma, from Ancient Greek στίγμα, from στίζω ("I mark").

Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈstɪɡmə/
Noun

stigma (plural stigmas or stigmata)

  1. A mark of infamy or disgrace.
    stigma of mental health disorders
    1. Discriminatory attitudes. [2000?–]
      stigma towards mental health
  2. A scar or birthmark.
  3. (Christianity, chiefly in the plural stigmata) A mark on the body corresponding to one of the wounds of the Crucifixion on Jesus's body, and sometimes reported to bleed periodically.
  4. (literary, figurative) An outward sign; an indication.
    • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC ↗, page 65:
      Bradly scowled - the stigmata of alarm. What ultimate threat to his peace and privacy did this dropping in by young Podson imply?
  5. (botany) The sticky part of a flower that receives pollen during pollination.
    Synonyms: summit
  6. (medicine) A visible sign or characteristic of a disease.
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Partly from Ancient Greek στίγμα, and partly from the acrophonic value of its initial st- as well as the analogy with the name of sigma.

Noun

stigma (plural stigmas)

  1. (typography) A ligature of the Greek letters sigma and tau, (Ϛ/ϛ).
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