Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to, resembling, or having stigmata or a stigma.
- adjective Anastigmatic.
- noun A person marked with religious stigmata.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In photography, pertaining to or of the character of a stigmat or anastigmat, a combination of lenses corrected for astigmatism.
- Possessing a stigma; stigmatose: said of angiosperms as contrasted with gymnosperme and perhaps in other connections.
- Of or pertaining to a stigma, in any sense of that word.
- 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 a stigma, as the “silk” of maize.
- Bearing the stigmata; stigmatized. See
stigma , 5. - noun A person who is marked with stigmata, in the ecclesiastical or the pathological sense; a stigmatist.
- noun A criminal who has been branded; one who bears upon his person the marks of infamy or punishment; a notorious profligate.
- noun One on whom nature has set a mark of deformity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare A notorious profligate or criminal who has been branded; one who bears the marks of infamy or punishment.
- noun A person who is marked or deformed by nature.
- adjective Marked with a stigma, or with something reproachful to character.
- adjective rare Impressing with infamy or reproach.
- adjective (Bot., Anat., etc) Of or pertaining to a stigma or stigmata.
- adjective that science in which the correspondence of index and stigma (see
Stigma , 7) is made use of to establish geometrical proportions.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany, anatomy Having a
stigma orstigmata . - adjective Marked with a stigma, or with something reproachful to character.
- adjective Impressing with
infamy orreproach . - noun One who has been branded as punishment.
- noun One who has been marked or deformed by nature.
- noun One who displays
stigmata , the five wounds of Christ.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person whose body is marked by religious stigmata (such as marks resembling the wounds of the crucified Christ)
- adjective not astigmatic
- adjective pertaining to or resembling or having stigmata
- adjective pertaining to a lens or lens system free of astigmatism (able to form point images)
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Examples
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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.
A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century 1886
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Newdow, arguing for himself and the plaintiffs today before Judges Douglas Ginsburg, Brett Kavanaugh and Janice Rogers Brown, said he has suffered "stigmatic" injury.
Latest Articles Legal Times Blog 2009
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Classifications based on race carry a danger of stigmatic harm.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Affirmative Action and Racial Profiling Revisited 2010
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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.
Rev. James Martin, S.J.: St. Steve Jobs? Probably Not, But…. S.J. Rev. James Martin 2011
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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 2010
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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.
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Each page helps break down the stigmatic wall that disguises what hearing loss truly is.
Arielle Schacter: A Place for Youth who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing to Connect Arielle Schacter 2010
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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.
Cindy McCain NOH8 PHOTO: McCain Joins Project Protesting Prop 8 2010
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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.
Michael Rowe: Cindy McCain Comes a Little Late to "NoH8" 2010
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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.
Cindy McCain NOH8 PHOTO: McCain Joins Project Protesting Prop 8 2010
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