Meanings
stigmata1
- pluralplural of stigma
I've had notions, negative each one, images of what it is to seem black: to look black, to talk black, to walk black, to dress black; need I list the stigmata any further.
1986, Reginald Shepherd, “On Not Being White”, in Joseph Beam, editor, In The Life: A Black Gay Anthology, page 481 more example
Kidnapped Africans en route to the Americas were cursorily examined by the ship's surgeons in an attempt to cut losses by immediately jettisoning those with such stigmata as Winterbottom's sign, a swelling of the lymph nodes found in those who harbored trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness.
2008, Harriet A. Washington, “Southern Discomfort”, in Medical Apartheid, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, page 60
Stigmata2
Origin
- Ancient Greekστίγμα“brand”
- Englishstigmata
From Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma, “brand”). Nominative plural: στίγματα (stígmata).
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Basque zauri
- zauriStigmata
Bulgarian съигми
- съигми (săigmi)Stigmata
Chinese Mandarin 聖傷 /圣伤
- 聖傷 /圣伤 (shèngshāng)Stigmata
Finnish polttomerkit, stigmat
- polttomerkitStigmata
- stigmatStigmata
French stigmates
- stigmatesStigmata
German Stigmata
- StigmataStigmata
Greek Στίγματα
- Στίγματα (Stígmata)Stigmata
Hungarian stigmák
- stigmákStigmata
Irish stiogmata
- stiogmataStigmata
Italian stigmate, stimmate
- stigmateStigmata
- stimmateStigmata
Japanese 聖痕, スティグマータ
- 聖痕 (seikon)Stigmata
- スティグマータ (sutigumaata)Stigmata
Korean 성흔
- 성흔 (seongheun)Stigmata
Latin stigmata
- stigmataStigmata
Persian استیگماتا
- استیگماتاStigmata
Polish stygmaty
- stygmatyStigmata
Portuguese chagas, estigmas
- chagasStigmata
- estigmasStigmata
Russian Стигма́ты
- Стигма́ты (Stigmáty)Stigmata
Spanish estigmas
- estigmasStigmata
Turkish Stigmata
- StigmataStigmata
Vietnamese dấu Thánh
- dấu ThánhStigmata
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Cite this entry
stigmata. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stigmata
“stigmata.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stigmata. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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