Stigma
A mark made with a burning iron; a brand.
Any mark of infamy or disgrace; sign of moral blemish; stain or reproach caused by dishonorable conduct; reproachful characterization.
That part of a pistil which has no epidermis, and is fitted to receive the pollen. It is usually the terminal portion, and is commonly somewhat glutinous or viscid. See Illust. of Stamen and of Flower.
A small spot, mark, scar, or a minute hole; -- applied especially to a spot on the outer surface of a Graafian follicle, and to spots of intercellular substance in scaly epithelium, or to minute holes in such spots.
A red speck upon the skin, produced either by the extravasation of blood, as in the bloody sweat characteristic of certain varieties of religious ecstasy, or by capillary congestion, as in the case of drunkards.
One of the external openings of the tracheae of insects, myriapods, and other arthropods; a spiracle.
One of the apertures of the pulmonary sacs of arachnids. See Illust. of Scorpion.
One of the apertures of the gill of an ascidian, and of Amphioxus.
A point so connected by any law whatever with another point, called an index, that as the index moves in any manner in a plane the first point or stigma moves in a determinate way in the same plane.
Marks believed to have been supernaturally impressed upon the bodies of certain persons in imitation of the wounds on the crucified body of Christ. See def. 5, above.
Related Definitions:
Above,
Amphioxus,
An,
And,
Another,
Any,
Applied,
As,
Ascidian,
Been,
Believed,
Blemish,
Blood,
Bloody,
Bodies,
Body,
Brand,
Burning,
By,
Called,
Capillary,
Case,
Caused,
Certain,
Characteristic,
Characterization,
Christ,
Commonly,
Conduct,
Congestion,
Connected,
Crucified,
Determinate,
Disgrace,
Dishonorable,
Ecstasy,
Either,
Epidermis,
Epithelium,
Especially,
External,
Extravasation,
First,
Fitted,
Flower,
Follicle,
Gill,
Glutinous,
Graafian,
Have,
Hole,
Has,
Imitation,
Impressed,
In,
Index,
Infamy,
Intercellular,
Iron,
Is,
It,
Law,
Made,
Manner,
Mark,
Minute,
Moral,
No,
Of,
On,
One,
Or,
Other,
Outer,
Part,
Pistil,
Plane,
Point,
Pollen,
Portion,
Produced,
Pulmonary,
Receive,
Red,
Religious,
Reproach,
Reproachful,
Sacs,
Same,
Scaly,
Scar,
Scorpion,
See,
Sign,
Skin,
Small,
So,
Somewhat,
Speck,
Spiracle,
Spot,
Stain,
Stamen,
Stigma,
Substance,
Such,
Supernaturally,
Surface,
Sweat,
Terminal,
That,
The,
To,
Tracheae,
Upon,
Varieties,
Viscid,
Way,
Whatever,
Which,
With
Stigma Quotations
Any stigma, as the old saying is, will serve to beat a dogma.
Philip Guedalla
Any stigma will do to beat a dogma.
Philip Guedalla
Industrial hemp is a very useful plant. I challenged the attorney general to get rid of the criminal stigma associated with hemp so we can look at it in terms of how it might be useful.
Jesse Ventura
Within psychology and neuroscience, some new and rigorous experimental paradigms for studying consciousness have helped it begin to overcome the stigma that has been attached to the topic for most of this century.
David Chalmers
When I was first starting out, if you were acting on television, it was a real stigma.
Christine Lahti
Today, certain people file for bankruptcy, businesses and individuals, and it no longer has the stigma it once had. Now it's almost considered wise, a way to regroup and come back again.
David Dinkins
Baldness is visually enough of a stigma as it is without a big sweaty bloke on stage pointing it out.
Johnny Vegas
I felt no stigma whatsoever in becoming the third Mrs. Gifford.
Kathie Lee Gifford
Theatre is expensive to go to. I certainly felt when I was growing up that theatre wasn't for us. Theatre still has that stigma to it. A lot of people feel intimidated and underrepresented in theatre.
Christopher Eccleston
I would like to take the stigma away. 'Mastectomy' the word seemed so scary to me at first. After doing research and seeing the advancements, the surgery has come a long way from 20 years ago. The results can be incredible.
Giuliana Rancic
But there was something psychological happening there that was just a little bit different. And the other thing was, there was no stigma. Kids weren't going into the 'Center-for-Kids-That-Need-More-Help' or something like that. It was 826 Valencia.
Dave Eggers
Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity. And on issues that seem important to you, stand up and be counted at any cost.
Chauncey Depew
The stigma of the straight-to-DVD thing is over.
Edward Burns
Whether the medium is ready for consumers is better judged by those consumers. I sometimes read online - but not often. The stigma is attached to pay scales. Much online publication is no pay or small pay.
Gene Wolfe
Although by 1851 tales of adventure had begun to seem antiquated, they had rendered a large service to the course of literature: they had removed the stigma, for the most part, from the word novel.
Carl Clinton Van Doren
Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of "crackpot" than the stigma of conformity.
Thomas John Watson, Sr.
Being diabetic was not what I thought of as being normal, and I feared the stigma of having to take medicine and having people stick me with a needle.
Nell Carter
I don't want to be known as a sex symbol. There's a great stigma that goes with that tag. I want to be a Sam Elliott.
Sam Elliott
People don't realize who this band is always been because we're so young, and it's hard to get over that stigma.
Taylor Hanson
Not only is it not remarkable to be a single woman, there's no stigma attached. You see more and more women choosing to be single as well as happenstance.
Pepper Schwartz
More Stigma Quotations
Stigma Translations
stigma in German is Schandmal, Brandmal
stigma in Spanish is estigma
Share with your Friends
Everyone likes a good quote - don't forget to share.
Copyright © 2001 - 2012 BrainyQuote
BookRags Media Network
