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   stigma

   /ˈstɪɡmə/

   noun

   • 1. a mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person: "the stigma of having gone to prison will always be with me"
   • 2. (in Christian tradition) marks corresponding to those left on Christ's body by the Crucifixion, said to have been impressed by divine favour on the bodies of St Francis of Assisi and others.
   • 3. a visible sign or characteristic of a disease: "knee deformities or other stigmata of childhood rickets"
   • ▪ a mark or spot on the skin.
   • 4. (in a flower) the part of a pistil that receives the pollen during pollination.

   Word Origin late 16th century (denoting a mark made by pricking or branding): via Latin from Greek stigma ‘a mark made by a pointed instrument, a dot’; related to stick1.

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   Oct 4, 2024 · Physicians and coroners are not faced with the social stigma associated with reporting a death as a suicide (Groenewoud et al., 2021). Similarly, Belgium has an exceptionally high suicide rate, which is attributed to their liberal laws on doctor-assisted suicide (World Health Organization, 2021b ).

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   What words are related to stigma?

   • The following is a list of stigma-related words: shame, stereotype, prejudice, and mark. You can find the definition of a word in the list below by tapping the question-mark icon next to it. Stigma words are those related to stigma.

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   What does stigma mean?

   • Goffman begins by observing that the word stigma has an ancient root in Greek, where it meant something like a bodily sign. When we think about stigma now, it's more metaphorical – there's a metaphorical stain or mark on someone's identity. But in the past, when this word originated, it meant literally a mark on your body, like a tattoo or a scar.

   Stigma, Part 1: Explaining Goffman's Idea of Spoiled Identity — How

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   What are the three types of stigma?

   • Goffman identifies three broad categories of stigma. There are probably more than three categories, but these are the three main ones that Goffman describes. 1. Abominations of the Body: These are scars, deformities, loss of hair, amputation, like I mentioned before.

   Stigma, Part 1: Explaining Goffman's Idea of Spoiled Identity — How

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   How are the stigma words listed in the document?

   • The stigma words in the document are initially sorted by relevance/relatedness. You can also use the menu below to get the most common stigma terms, or sort the words alphabetically to find stigma words starting with a particular letter.

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4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › List_of_least_concern_plantsList of least concern plants - Wikipedia

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   17 hours ago · As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 6645 least concern plant species. [1] 30% of all evaluated plant species are listed as least concern.

5. tkp.at › 2024/10/03 › volkskrankheit-demenzVolkskrankheit Demenz?

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   17 hours ago · Eine „Demenz“ gilt inzwischen in Industrieländern als Volkskrankheit, der man neuerdings mit präventiven Produkten der Pharmaindustrie begegnen sollte. Verkannt wird dabei, dass „Demenz“ oder […]