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noun ADJ. social VERB + STIGMA carry Being an unmarried mother used to carry a social stigma. | remove Wider knowledge of the disease removed some of the stigma from it. | suffer (from) He still suffered the stigma of having been rejected for the army. STIGMA + VERB be attached to sth, be associated with sth There is still a lot of stigma attached to suicide. PREP. ~ to There is no stigma to being made redundant.
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