stigma
Example Sentences
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The Fed could encourage banks to more regularly borrow from the central bank when they need cash, but such borrowing can carry a stigma with some bank investors.
Instead, the higher symptom burden reported in the U.S. may reflect greater access to neurological and mental health care, along with lower stigma around discussing cognitive and emotional symptoms.
From Science Daily
The British Association of Dermatologists said scabies was still incorrectly perceived as a "medieval disease" and that breaking down the stigma was important.
From BBC
"So stigma thrives. Negativity thrives. People do not see us in powerful or beautiful or joyful positions, they see us only in struggle."
From BBC
A photography and video project will use people's experiences of fuel poverty in Shropshire to raise awareness of the issue and tackle the stigma surrounding it.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
