The word for today is…
stigma (noun):
1a: a set of negative and unfair beliefs that a society or group of people have about something
b: a mark of shame or discredit : stain
c: plural usually stigmata : an identifying mark or characteristic, specifically : a specific diagnostic sign of a disease
2a: plural usually stigmas : the usually apical part of the pistil of a flower which receives the pollen grains and on which they germinate
b: a small spot, scar, or opening on a plant or animal
3a: stigmata plural : bodily marks or pains resembling the wounds of the crucified Jesus and sometimes accompanying religious ecstasy
b: petechia
4 archaic : a scar left by a hot iron : brand
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology : Stigma was borrowed from Latin stigmat- , stigma, meaning "mark, brand," and ultimately comes from Greek stizein, meaning "to tattoo." Earliest English use hews close to the word's origin: stigma in English first referred to a scar left by a hot iron—that is, a brand. In modern use the scar is figurative: stigma most often refers to a set of negative and often unfair beliefs that a society or group of people have about something—for example, people talk about the stigma associated with mental illness, or the stigma of poverty. When the plural form stigmata is used, the context is frequently religious: stigmata typically refers to bodily marks or pains resembling the wounds of the crucified Jesus and sometimes accompanying religious ecstasy. The first person said to have experienced this miraculous infliction of stigmata is St. Francis of Assisi, in the 13th century.
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