adjective
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relating to or having a stigma or stigmata
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another word for anastigmatic
noun
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Etymology
Origin of stigmatic
1585–95; < Medieval Latin stigmaticus, equivalent to stigmat- (stem of stigma stigma ) + -icus -ic
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In theory, this stigmatic psychological injury is the same, in the inverse, as one of the rationales the court in 1954 offered in its opinion in Brown v.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 7, 2023
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
The member now released seeks a fresh hold, and the same result follows, the leg almost inevitably entering the fissure, and this time drawing in the pollen directly against the sticky stigmatic surface within.
From My Studio Neighbors by William Hamilton Gibson
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