stigma

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim An indication of infamy or disgrace.

   “But to have as an enforced dining companion a man who was probably a Papist, certainly a rake, and bore the stigma of cowardice, was anathema.”

2. isim A permanent identity mark branded, cut or tattooed onto the skin, typically given to slaves, criminals and traitors.
3. isim A negative and often unfair attitude (held by a group or society, to something).

   “Yet, because of the stigma around nursing home placement, it is hard to find advocates from among the natural advocacy groups the families. You don't see families organized around long-term care as you do around specific diseases.”

4. isim A mark on the body corresponding to one of the wounds of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ, and sometimes reported to bleed periodically.
5. isim An expression or behaviour revealing one's hidden feelings.

   “Bradly scowled - the stigmata of alarm. What ultimate threat to his peace and privacy did this dropping in by young Podson imply?”

6. isim A scar or birthmark.
7. isim The sticky part of a flower that receives pollen during pollination.

   “Now you see just how the stamen gets its lusty dust onto the stigma / And why this frenzied chlorophyllous orgy starts in spring is no enigma!”

8. isim A visible sign or characteristic of a disease.
9. isim Synonym of pterostigma.
10. isim A ligature of the Greek letters sigma and tau: Ϛ / ϛ.