adjective
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relating to or having a stigma or stigmata
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another word for anastigmatic
noun
Other Word Forms
- pseudostigmatic adjective
- stigmatically adverb
- stigmaticalness noun
- unstigmatic adjective
Etymology
Origin of stigmatic
1585–95; < Medieval Latin stigmaticus, equivalent to stigmat- (stem of stigma stigma ) + -icus -ic
Example Sentences
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In this way, the decision itself inflicts a kind of stigmatic harm, on top of any harm caused by denials of service.”
From Slate • Jun. 30, 2023
The sisters’ mission statement is “the expiation of stigmatic guilt and the promulgation of universal joy,” but since their inception, they’ve been called diabolical and anti-Catholic and accused by their detractors of mocking Catholic nuns.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2023
But Crabtree said the aggrieved group and individuals didn’t say how they were directly harmed by the standards, other than asserting an “abstract stigmatic injury” that isn’t enough to sustain a lawsuit.
From Washington Times • Dec. 2, 2014
Emmerich was a "stigmatic, mystic, visionary and ecstatic," Birnie Danzker tells us, "who was beatified in 2004 by Pope John Paul II."
From Seattle Times • Jul. 27, 2011
Stamens monadelphous, the anthers permanently attached to a large stigmatic body; pollen mostly in waxy masses.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
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