stigmatic
IPA: stɪgmˈætɪk
noun
- One who has been branded as punishment.
- One who has been marked or deformed by nature.
- One who displays stigmata, the five wounds of Christ.
adjective
- (botany, anatomy) Having a stigma or stigmata.
- Marked with a stigma, or with something reproachful to character; stigmatized.
- Impressing with infamy or reproach.
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Examples of "stigmatic" in Sentences
- Classifications based on race carry a danger of stigmatic harm.
- Each page helps break down the stigmatic wall that disguises what hearing loss truly is.
- Newdow, arguing for himself and the plaintiffs today before Judges Douglas Ginsburg, Brett Kavanaugh and Janice Rogers Brown, said he has suffered "stigmatic" injury.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.