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Definition of "stigmatic" [stig•mat•ic]

  • Relating to, resembling, or having stigmata or a stigma. (adjective)
  • Anastigmatic. (adjective)
  • A person marked with religious stigmata. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "stigmatic" in a sentence
  • "She was a "stigmatic," afflicted, _i. e._, with a mysterious disease which impressed upon her body marks thought to be miraculous counterfeits of the wounds of Christ."
  • "Newdow, arguing for himself and the plaintiffs today before Judges Douglas Ginsburg, Brett Kavanaugh and Janice Rogers Brown, said he has suffered "stigmatic" injury."
  • "The danger of stigmatic harm of the type that the Court feared overbroad affirmative action programs would pose is far more pronounced in the context of police stops in which race or ethnic appearance is a factor."