stigmatic
/stɪɡˈmætɪk/adjective, noun
stigmatic is an adjective meaning “Having or relating to a stigma or stigmata” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-T-I-G-M-A-T-I-C, and it appears about once in every 29 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does stigmatic mean?
adjective
- 1
Having or relating to a stigma or stigmata.
- 2
Marked with a stigma, or with something reproachful to character; stigmatized.
- 3
Impressing with infamy or reproach.
noun
- 1
One who has been branded as punishment.
- 2
One who has been marked or deformed by nature.
- 3
One who displays stigmata, the five wounds of Christ.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce stigmatic?
- /stɪɡˈmætɪk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-stigmatic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of stigmatic
- stigmatics plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is stigmatic?
Stigmatic appears about once in every 29 million words in written English, the 163,711th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Stigmatic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one who displays stigmata:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | stigmatisé |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does stigmatic come from?
From stigma + -ic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).