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.
âBecause âscienceâ denotes such a very wide range of activities a definition of it needs to be general; it certainly needs to cover investigation of the social as well as natural worlds; it needs the words âsystematicâ and âevidenceâ; and it needs to be simple and short.