51³Ō¹Ļ

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stigmatic

[stig-mat-ik]

adjective

  1. Also stigmatical. pertaining to a stigma, mark, spot, or the like.

  2. Botany.Ģżpertaining to or having the character of a stigma.

  3. Optics.Ģżconverging to a point; anastigmatic.



noun

  1. a person marked with supernatural stigmata.

stigmatic

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adjective

  1. relating to or having a stigma or stigmata

  2. another word for anastigmatic

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. RC Church a person marked with the stigmata

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms

  • stigmatically adverb
  • stigmaticalness noun
  • pseudostigmatic adjective
  • unstigmatic adjective
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of stigmatic1

1585–95; < Medieval Latin stigmaticus, equivalent to stigmat- (stem of stigma stigma ) + -icus -ic
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Example Sentences

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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.

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The Sisters have come a long way, but never strayed from their mission: to promulgate universal joy and expiate stigmatic guilt.

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The sisters’ mission statement is ā€œthe expiation of stigmatic guilt and the promulgation of universal joy,ā€ but since their inception, they’ve been called diabolical and anti-Catholic and accused by their detractors of mocking Catholic nuns.

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Veteran pot smokers, meanwhile, might wish to turn to vaporizing, which Jessica Knox said ā€œis certainly cleaner, often less harsh, and definitely less stigmatic than smoking.ā€

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Though employed by both sides of the political divide, the stigmatic label ā€œfakeā€ has become most associated with our current Commander-in-Chief.

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