Social-stigma Definition

noun

A severe social disapproval with a person on the grounds of a particular characteristic which distinguishes them from others in society, e.g. mental illness or physical disability.

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Singular:
social-stigma
Plural:
social-stigmas, social stigmata

Social-stigma Sentence Examples

  • The reason our society continues to have such a problem with suicide and depression is that there is a huge social stigma attached to the topic.

  • Some psychiatrists are critical of gender identity disorder being classified as a psychiatric condition at all, saying it is more a social stigma.

  • Some psychiatrists are critical of the psychiatric classification of gender identity disorder, saying it is more a social stigma.

  • Throughout most of the twentieth century, adoptions were conducted in secret, and records were often sealed to protect those involved from the social stigma of birth out of wedlock.

  • The conditions is not contagious but it may be hereditary, and there is a great social stigma for children, particularly girls, to lose their hair.

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