stigmatic

[stig-mat-ik]

adjective

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

2. Botany.,  pertaining to or having the character of a stigma.

3. Optics.,  converging to a point; anastigmatic.

noun

1. a person marked with supernatural stigmata.

stigmatic

/ stɪɡˈmætɪk /

adjective

1. relating to or having a stigma or stigmata

2. another word for anastigmatic

noun

1. RC Church a person marked with the stigmata

Other Word Forms

• stigmatically adverb
• stigmaticalness noun
• pseudostigmatic adjective
• unstigmatic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of stigmatic¹

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

Example Sentences

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.

From Seattle Times

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

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Los Angeles Times

Veteran pot smokers, meanwhile, might wish to turn to vaporizing, which Jessica Knox said “is certainly cleaner, often less harsh, and definitely less stigmatic than smoking.”

From Washington Post

Though employed by both sides of the political divide, the stigmatic label “fake” has become most associated with our current Commander-in-Chief.

From Seattle Times