Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Relating to, resembling, or having stigmata or a stigma.
- adj. Anastigmatic.
- n. A person marked with religious stigmata.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of or pertaining to a stigma, in any sense of that word. Specifically— Having the character of a brand; ignominious.
- Marked with or as with a stigma or brand; repulsive; abhorrent.
- In natural history, belonging to or having the character of a stigma; stigmal.
- In botany, receptive of pollen: said of parts of the style which have the function without the form of stigma, as the “silk” of maize.
- Bearing the stigmata; stigmatized. See stigma, 5.
- n. A person who is marked with stigmata, in the ecclesiastical or the pathological sense; a stigmatist.
- n. A criminal who has been branded; one who bears upon his person the marks of infamy or punishment; a notorious profligate.
- n. One on whom nature has set a mark of deformity.
- Possessing a stigma; stigmatose: said of angiosperms as contrasted with gymnosperme and perhaps in other connections.
- In photography, pertaining to or of the character of a stigmat or anastigmat, a combination of lenses corrected for astigmatism.
Wiktionary
- adj. botany, anatomy Having a stigma or stigmata.
- adj. Marked with a stigma, or with something reproachful to character.
- adj. Impressing with infamy or reproach.
- n. One who has been branded as punishment.
- n. One who has been marked or deformed by nature.
- n. One who displays stigmata, the five wounds of Christ.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. rare A notorious profligate or criminal who has been branded; one who bears the marks of infamy or punishment.
- n. A person who is marked or deformed by nature.
- adj. Marked with a stigma, or with something reproachful to character.
- adj. rare Impressing with infamy or reproach.
- adj. (Bot., Anat., etc) Of or pertaining to a stigma or stigmata.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a person whose body is marked by religious stigmata (such as marks resembling the wounds of the crucified Christ)
- adj. not astigmatic
- adj. pertaining to or resembling or having stigmata
- adj. pertaining to a lens or lens system free of astigmatism (able to form point images)
Examples
“She was a "stigmatic," afflicted, _i. e._, with a mysterious disease which impressed upon her body marks thought to be miraculous counterfeits of the wounds of Christ.”
“Newdow, arguing for himself and the plaintiffs today before Judges Douglas Ginsburg, Brett Kavanaugh and Janice Rogers Brown, said he has suffered "stigmatic" injury.”
“The danger of stigmatic harm of the type that the Court feared overbroad affirmative action programs would pose is far more pronounced in the context of police stops in which race or ethnic appearance is a factor.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Affirmative Action and Racial Profiling Revisited
“Classifications based on race carry a danger of stigmatic harm.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Affirmative Action and Racial Profiling Revisited
“During their lifetimes, cults grew up around figures like Padre Pio, the 20th-century stigmatic from Italy, as well as more recent holy persons like Mother Teresa and Pope John Paul II.”
The Huffington Post: Rev. James Martin, S.J.: St. Steve Jobs? Probably Not, But….
“Aligning yourself with the platform of gay marriage as a Republican still tends to be very stigmatic, but Cindy McCain wanted to participate in the campaign to show people that party doesn't matter - marriage equality isn't a Republican issue any more than it is a Democratic issue.”
The Huffington Post: Cindy McCain NOH8 PHOTO: McCain Joins Project Protesting Prop 8
“Aligning yourself with the platform of gay marriage as a Republican still tends to be very stigmatic, but Cindy McCain wanted to participate in the campaign to show people that party doesn't matter --- marriage equality isn't a Republican issue any more than it is a Democratic issue.”
The Huffington Post: Cindy McCain Comes a Little Late to "NoH8"
“Each page helps break down the stigmatic wall that disguises what hearing loss truly is.”
The Huffington Post: Arielle Schacter: A Place for Youth who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing to Connect
“Aligning yourself with the platform of gay marriage as a Republican still tends to be very stigmatic, but Cindy McCain wanted to participate in the campaign to show people that party doesn't matter---marriage equality isn't a Republican issue any more than it is a Democratic issue.”
The Huffington Post: Michael Rowe: Cindy McCain Comes a Little Late to "NoH8"
“For many people, the Explorer is stigmatic of a kind of insensible, big-gut consumerism — it's not an entirely fair impression, but such is the warp and weave of culture.”
The Wall Street Journal: The Pioneering SUV Isn't One Anymore
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