stigma
nounADJ.
social
VERB + STIGMA
carry
Being an unmarried mother used to carry a social stigma.| remove
Wider knowledge of the disease removed some of the stigma from it.| suffer (from)
He still suffered the stigma of having been rejected for the army.STIGMA + VERB
be attached to sth, be associated with sth
There is still a lot of stigma attached to suicide.PREP.
~ to
There is no stigma to being made redundant.