The progressive era took 20 years to correct abuses of the Gilded Age. The New Deal struggled for a decade to overcome the Great Depression, and the expansion of economic justice lasted through the 1960s.
Stigma (botany) The stigma (plural: stigmata) is the receptive tip of a carpel, or of several fused carpels, in the gynoecium of a flower.
stigma. n, pl stigmas or (for sense 7) stigmata (ËstÉªÉ¡mÉtÉ; stÉªÉ¡ËmÉËtÉ). 1. a distinguishing mark of social disgrace: the stigma of having been in prison. 2. (Medicine) a small scar or mark such as a birthmark. 3. (Pathology) pathol. a. any mark on the skin, such as one characteristic of a specific disease. b. any sign of a mental deficiency or emotional upset.