STIGMATIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stigmatic mean? 

• STIGMATIC (noun)
  The noun STIGMATIC has 1 sense:

1. a person whose body is marked by religious stigmata (such as marks resembling the wounds of the crucified Christ)

  Familiarity information: STIGMATIC used as a noun is very rare.

• STIGMATIC (adjective)
  The adjective STIGMATIC has 3 senses:

1. pertaining to or resembling or having stigmata

2. pertaining to a lens or lens system free of astigmatism (able to form point images)

3. not astigmatic

  Familiarity information: STIGMATIC used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STIGMATIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person whose body is marked by religious stigmata (such as marks resembling the wounds of the crucified Christ)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

stigmatic; stigmatist

Hypernyms ("stigmatic" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Derivation:

stigmatic (pertaining to or resembling or having stigmata)

• STIGMATIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pertaining to or resembling or having stigmata

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

stigma (a symbol of disgrace or infamy)

Derivation:

stigma (a symbol of disgrace or infamy)

stigmatic (a person whose body is marked by religious stigmata (such as marks resembling the wounds of the crucified Christ))

stigmatism (the condition of having or being marked by stigmata)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Pertaining to a lens or lens system free of astigmatism (able to form point images)

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

anastigmatic; stigmatic

Pertainym:

stigmatism ((optics) condition of an optical system (as a lens) in which light rays from a single point converge in a single focal point)

Derivation:

stigmatism ((optics) condition of an optical system (as a lens) in which light rays from a single point converge in a single focal point)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Not astigmatic

Synonyms:

anastigmatic; stigmatic

Derivation:

stigmatism (normal eyesight)