noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ social
VERB + STIGMA
▪ bear , carry
▪
Being an unmarried mother used to carry a social ~.
▪ suffer , suffer from
▪
He still suffered the ~ of having been rejected for the army.
▪ avoid
▪ overcome
▪
She had to overcome the ~ attached to mental illness.
▪ reduce , remove
▪
Wider knowledge of the disease removed some of the ~ from it.
STIGMA + VERB
▪ be associated with sth , be attached to sth , surround
▪
There is still a lot of ~ attached to suicide.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ to
▪
There is no ~ to losing your job.