Origin: 1500-1600 Latin mark, mark burned on the skin, from Greek, from stizein to tattoo
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS►a stigma attached to
There is a stigma attached to single parenthood.
►carries a stigma
Being fat carries a stigma that starts early.
1 [singular, uncountable] a strong feeling in society that a type of behavior or a particular condition is shameful: the stigma of (doing) something the social stigma of mental illness There is a stigma attached to single parenthood. Being fat carries a stigma that starts early.2[countable]science, biology the top sticky part of the female structure of a flower, which receives the pollen that allows it to form new seeds [Origin: 1500–1600 Latin mark, mark burned on the skin, from Greek, from stizein to tattoo]