Collocations for stigma - noun

social

bear, carry
Being an unmarried mother used to carry a social stigma.

suffer, suffer from
He still suffered the stigma of having been rejected for the army.

avoid
overcome
She had to overcome the stigma attached to mental illness.

reduce, remove
Wider knowledge of the disease removed some of the stigma from it.

be associated with sth, be attached to sth, surround
There is still a lot of stigma attached to suicide.

stigma to
There is no stigma to losing your job.