Stigma (plural: stigmata) may refer to:
In biology:
- Stigma (anatomy), a small spot, mark, scar, or minute hole
- In a flower carpel, the stigma is the terminal portion that has no epidermis and is fitted to receive pollen. Stigmata are bodily marks sores or sensations of pain in locations corresponding to the Crucifixion wounds of Jesus. A stigma in mammalian reproductive anatomy refers to the area of the ovarian surface where the Graafian follicle will burst through during Ovulation and release the A gynoecium (from Ancient Greek gyne, "woman" is the Female reproductive part of a Flower.
- The eyespot apparatus of unicellular organisms, for example Euglena and Chlamydomonas
- Stigma of the eye
In discrimination:
- Badge of shame, a mark of infamy or disgrace
- Social stigma, a severe social disapproval of personal characteristics or beliefs that are against cultural norms, including:
- Weight stigma, negative attitudes towards overweight/obese individuals
In literature:
- Stigma (book), a 1963 book written by Erving Goffman
- Stigma (manga), a Japanese manga story by Kazuya Minekura
In music:
- Stigma (album), an album recorded by the band EMF in 1992
- Vinnie Stigma, the long time guitarist of the seminal hardcore bands Agnostic Front and Madball
In sociology:
- Stigma (Sociological Theory), the phenomenon whereby an individual with an attribute, which is deeply discredited by his/her society, is rejected as a result of the attribute
In other fields:
- A bodily mark, sore, or sensation of pain in locations corresponding to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus; see stigmata
- "Stigma" (Enterprise episode), a second-season episode of Star Trek: Enterprise
- Stigma (film), a 1972 film featuring Philip Michael Thomas
- Stigma (letter), a ligature of the Greek letters sigma and tau
See also
 | This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. The eyespot apparatus (or Stigma) is a photoreceptive Organelle found in the flagellate (motile cells of Green algae and other unicellular Astigmatism is an optical defect whereby vision is blurred due to the inability of the optics of the eye to focus a point object into a sharp focused image on the retina A badge of shame, also a symbol of shame, mark of shame, or simply a stigma, is typically a distinctive mark or token on a person deemed as worthy Social stigma is severe social disapproval of personal characteristics or Beliefs that are against cultural norms. Weight stigma, also known as weightism, weight bias, and weight-based discrimination, refers to invidiously discriminatory attitudes towards overweight/obese Erving Goffman ( June 11, 1922 – November 19, 1982) was a Canadian and American sociologist and writer is a Japanese manga artist most known for the Saiyuki series Her other manga series include Wild Adapter, Shiritsu Araiso Koto Gakko Stigma was an album by EMF. "It's You" was actually called "It's You That Leaves Me Dry" but was re-titled to "It's You" and re-mixed Vinnie Stigma (born Vincent Cappucchino on 3rd September 1955 in Turin, Italy) is the long-time guitarist of the hardcore bands Agnostic In sociological theory a stigma is an attribute behavior or reputation which is socially discrediting in a particular way it causes an individual to be mentally classified by others Stigmata are bodily marks sores or sensations of pain in locations corresponding to the Crucifixion wounds of Jesus. Stigma is the 40th episode (production #214 of the Television series Star Trek Enterprise. Philip Michael Thomas (born May 26 1949) is an American Actor. Stigma (uppercase Ϛ, lowercase ϛ) is a ligature of the Greek letters sigma and tau, sometimes used in modern times See also Aberration in optical systems, Astigmatism (eye An Optical system with astigmatism is one where rays that propagate If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. |
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