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stigma

[stig-muh] / ˈstɪg mə /


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By making mental health conditions easier to understand through measurable physical information, the company hopes to reduce stigma and help patients better understand their experiences.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

If television could hit something approaching the same cinematic highs and emotional depths as a Hollywood movie, even if rarely, then the stigma of going episodic couldn’t last.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026

But for decades after Brazil’s military dictatorship ended in 1985, openly identifying with the right carried a stigma.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

There is also, in many countries outside the U.S., a social stigma attached to not seeking employment.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026

You must make a commitment to winning the remaining games or be prepared to have the stigma of being called a loser attached to your team for the rest of history.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

Limiting your travels due to potential racial stigmas is doing yourself a disservice.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026

It’s also a testament to bygone stigmas and ascendant trends in American dining.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026

These stigmas are not simply harmful — they are also unscientific.

From Salon ● Mar. 2, 2025

“There are stigmas attached to using AI filmmaking tools, especially in traditional creative communities, but we’re trying to be transparent about how the tools are being used,” Shimura said in an interview.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2024

To subject people who test positive to stigmas, especially when most of them may be false positives, is counterproductive and wrong.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

St. Francis, unmistakable from his tonsure, his chestnut robe and his stigmata, looks lovingly at the Christ Child.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026

It's not whether or not he really received the stigmata.

From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2025

At least get some kind of stigmata going.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2024

Church figures who claimed to have experienced the stigmata wounds, including Padre Pio and Pope Francis’ namesake, St. Francis of Assisi, have inspired millions of Catholics.

From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2024

Many of these stigmata appear to be infected.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French


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