stigma noun (DISAPPROVAL) âº us â /ËstÉªÉ¡Â·mÉ/ [ C/U ] a strong lack of respect for a person or a group of people or a bad opinion of them because they have done something society does not approve of: [ C usually sing ] Thereâs a stigma associated with low-income food programs.
LINK / CITE ADD TO WORD LIST. noun. The definition of ambience, or ambiance, is a specific feeling or mood connected to a specific person, place, or thing. An example of ambience is the feeling of romance associated with a candlelight dinner, wine, and soft music...noted changes from the period of Jesus â lifetime to that of Paul in ambience and social composition of the Jesus movement; with implications for both core religious views and anti-Jewish polemical stances.
Ambivalence is a state of having simultaneous conflicting reactions, beliefs, or feelings towards some object. Stated another way, ambivalence is the experience of having an attitude towards someone or something that contains both positively and negatively valenced components. The term also refers to situations where mixed feelings of a more general sort are experienced, or where a person experiences uncertainty or indecisiveness. Although attitudes tend to guide attitude-relevant behavior, th