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social stigma
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type of discrimination or disapproval based on perceivable social characteristics that serve to distinguish a person from other members of a society
Research
35,289 papers- Social Stigma of People with Dementia.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2020
- Mental health: The burden of social stigma.The International journal of health planning and management · 2021
- [Social stigma in mental illness: A review of concepts, methods and empirical evidence].Psychiatrike = Psychiatriki · 2022
- Towards a better understanding of the social stigma of facial difference.Body image · 2022
- Social stigma towards neglected tropical diseases: a systematic review.International health · 2016
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- discrimination
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- stigmata
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- sociolinguistics
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Encyclopedic overview
An illustration of examples of various social stigmas against bisexual people
Stigma, originally referring to the visible marking of people considered inferior, has evolved to mean a negative perception or sense of disapproval that a society places on a group or individual based on certain group characteristics such as their socioeconomic status, gender, race, religion, appearance, upbringing, origin, or health status. Social stigma can take different forms and depends on the specific time and place in which it arises, and the existence or assigning of such stigma is stigmatization. Once a person is stigmatized, they are often associated with stereotypes that lead to discrimination, marginalization, and psychological problems.
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