stigma
Mark of disgrace
Stigma is a mark of disgrace or shame that sets someone apart.
A person may carry the stigma of a criminal record, a mental illness, or poverty.
To stigmatize is to brand someone with such disapproval: Addiction is often stigmatized rather than treated as a health issue.
In botany, the stigma is the tip of a flower's pistil that receives pollen.
Plural: stigmas or stigmata.
The latter form especially applies to marks resembling Christ's crucifixion wounds, believed by some to appear miraculously on the devout.
Loss of honor
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- dishonorLoss of respect
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
ostracism · exclusion · shunning · stigmatization · stereotyping · marginalization · labeling · judgment
Not allowed
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- untouchableExempt from criticism or harm
- pariahRejected, shunned person
- outcastShunned, rejected person
anathema · unmentionable · proscribed · deviance · nonconformity · blacklist · caste · leprosy
Unfairly blamed person
- scapegoatingUnfairly assigning fault to innocents
- witch-huntPersecution of supposed subversives
- McCarthyismPolitically-motivated accusation without evidence
- InquisitionChurch tribunal against heretics
red-baiting · fearmongering · persecution · denouncing · HUAC · blacklisting · moral panic · hysteria
Seed-producing flower organ
- styleDistinctive way of expression
- carpelSeed-bearing flower organ
- pollinationFlower reproductive transfer
- antherPollen-producing structure
ovary · ovule · fertilization · flower · reproductive · self-incompatibility · pin · thrum
disgrace
Loss of honor
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- dishonorLoss of respect
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
prejudice · ostracism · exclusion · shunning · stigmatization · stereotyping · marginalization · labeling · judgment · bias
forbidden
Not allowed
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- untouchableExempt from criticism or harm
- pariahRejected, shunned person
outcast · anathema · unmentionable · proscribed · deviance · nonconformity · blacklist · caste · leprosy · mental illness
scapegoat
Unfairly blamed person
- scapegoatingUnfairly assigning fault to innocents
- witch-huntPersecution of supposed subversives
- McCarthyismPolitically-motivated accusation without evidence
Inquisition · red-baiting · fearmongering · persecution · denouncing · HUAC · blacklisting · moral panic · hysteria · purge
pistil
Seed-producing flower organ
- styleDistinctive way of expression
- carpelSeed-bearing flower organ
- pollinationFlower reproductive transfer
anther · ovary · ovule · fertilization · flower · reproductive · self-incompatibility · pin · thrum
disrepute
Damaged public standing
ignominy · scandal · tarnished · blemished · damaged · sullied · bad name · black mark · blot · smear
- disabilitydisability rights, disability culture, disability activism, disability services, disability identity
- social psychologysocial behavior, conformity, social influence, attribution, groupthink
- sexual ethicssexual morality, sexual ethics, chastity, adultery, human sexuality
- social equityracial justice, disability rights, racial equity, diversity training, intersectionality
- ableismableism, prejudice, discrimination, exclusion, marginalization
- disgracedishonor, disgrace, downfall, scandal, infamy
stigmahonor
High regard, moral dignity
honour · glory · prestige · distinction · renown
stigmavirtue
Moral goodness or merit
purity · integrity · righteousness · honor · probity
stigmaprivilege
Exclusive right or benefit
legitimacy · acceptance · inclusion · validation · endorsement
- social stigmaSociety's shaming of outsiders
- cultural stigmaSociety's negative label
- mental health stigmaPrejudice toward psychological conditions
- weight stigmaPrejudice targeting body size
- divorce stigmaNegative judgment toward divorced people
- societal stigmaShared disapproval marking certain people
stigmatize, astigmatism, stigmas, stigmatized, stigmatizing, stigmatizes, astigmatic, stigmata, destigmatize