estigma1

¹ = stigma, disgrace.

Ex. Illiteracy in our society is not only terribly inconvenient, it also carries with it a stigma.

Ex. Distribution of any publication that tends to expose an individual to public contempt, ridicule, or disgrace is forbidden.

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* estigma social = social stigma.

* quitar el estigma = destigmatise [destigmatize, -USA].