stigma

stigmatisation, stigmate

Honte ou jugement négatif que la société associe à une personne, une situation ou une activité.

En anglais simple : A feeling of shame or negative judgement that society attaches to a person, condition, or activity.

• The illness carries a social stigma.
• She wants to reduce the stigma surrounding mental health problems.
• They faced stigma because of their past convictions.

Comment l'utiliser : stigma attached to something (There is still stigma attached to mental illness.); the stigma of something (He struggled with the stigma of unemployment.)

Synonymes : disgrace, shame

Expressions courantes : social stigma, stigma attached to something, stigma of something

stigmate

Partie collante d’une fleur qui reçoit le pollen et permet de commencer la formation des graines.

En anglais simple : The sticky part of a flower where pollen lands and begins the process of making seeds.

• Pollen landed on the stigma.
• The stigma is at the top of the pistil.
• A bee carried pollen to another flower’s stigma.

Synonymes : summit

Expressions courantes : flower stigma, sticky stigma, stigma surface