Stigma

Stigma (plural: stigmata) is a word that originally means a "sign", "point", or "branding mark". It may refer to:

As a symbolic mark

• The Mark of Cain
• Stigmata, bodily marks or wounds resembling the crucifixion wounds of Jesus
• A badge of shame, a physical mark of infamy or disgrace
• Social stigma, a severe social disapproval of personal characteristics or beliefs that are against cultural norms.
• Stigma (letter), a ligature of the Greek letters sigma and tau: ϛ

In biology

• Stigma (anatomy), a small spot, mark, scar, or minute hole
• Stigma (botany), part of the female reproductive part of a flower
• Pterostigma, a cell in the outer wing of insects

In literature

• Stigma (book), a 1963 book written by Erving Goffman
• Stigma (manga), a Japanese manga story by Kazuya Minekura

In music

• Stigma (EMF album), an album recorded by the band EMF in 1992
• Stigma (Mind Assault album)
• Stigma, an album recorded by the Japanese band Yōsei Teikoku in 2005
• Stigma (Irish band), formed 1992 in Dublin

In other fields

• "Stigma" (Star Trek: Enterprise), a second-season episode of Star Trek: Enterprise
• Stigma (film), a 1972 film featuring Philip Michael Thomas
• Stigma (wrestler), a professional wrestler

See also

• Astigmatism
• Stigmata (disambiguation)