stigma

Stigma, Makel

Scham oder negative Bewertung, die die Gesellschaft mit einer Person, einem Zustand oder einer Tätigkeit verbindet.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

So benutzt man es: stigma attached to something (There is still stigma attached to mental illness.); the stigma of something (He struggled with the stigma of unemployment.)

Synonyme: disgrace, shame

Häufige Wendungen: social stigma, stigma attached to something, stigma of something

Narbe

Klebriger Teil einer Blüte, auf dem Pollen landet und die Samenbildung beginnt.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

Synonyme: summit

Häufige Wendungen: flower stigma, sticky stigma, stigma surface