stigma

estigma

Vergüenza o valoración negativa que la sociedad asocia con una persona, una condición o una actividad.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: stigma attached to something (There is still stigma attached to mental illness.); the stigma of something (He struggled with the stigma of unemployment.)

Sinónimos: disgrace, shame

Expresiones frecuentes: social stigma, stigma attached to something, stigma of something

estigma

Parte pegajosa de una flor que recibe el polen y permite iniciar la formación de semillas.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: summit

Expresiones frecuentes: flower stigma, sticky stigma, stigma surface