stigma
nounmasculine/iʃˈtiɡmɐ/medium
es·tig·ma
Definitions
1A mark of disgrace or dishonour; a characteristic that causes social disapproval or discrimination.
Mental illness still carries a great stigma in our society.
He felt the stigma of poverty throughout his childhood.
Common collocations
social stigmacarry a stigmafight stigma
2The part of the pistil of a flower that receives the pollen.
The pollen adheres to the flower's sticky stigma.
The stigma is a fundamental structure for plant reproduction.
Common collocations
flower stigmasticky stigma
Etymology
Do latim 'stigma, -atis', por sua vez do grego 'stigma, -atos' (marca, sinal).