cultural stigma
Collective societal disapproval
Cultural stigma is the social disapproval or shame attached to particular behaviors, conditions, or identities within a society.
Unlike personal prejudice, cultural stigma is embedded in shared attitudes and institutions: The cultural stigma around mental illness keeps many people from seeking help.
What carries stigma varies across cultures—divorce, disability, poverty, certain occupations, or sexual orientation may be stigmatized in some societies but not others.
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
- hush hushExtremely secret, concealed
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
social outcast · outcasts · black sheep · whispers · judgment · exclusion · silence · behind closed doors · hidden · dirty secret · swept under · marginalized · disgrace · scarlet letter · stereotypes · rejection · labeling · ostracism
- cultural psychiatrywindigo, running amok, pining, somatization
cultural stigmacultural cachet
Respected social standing
cultural capital · social status · badge of honor · cultural pride
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