microaggression

microaggression

English

Etymology

micro- +‎ aggression, coined by American psychiatrist Chester M. Pierce.

Noun

microaggression (countable and uncountable, plural microaggressions)

1. (sociology, chiefly US) Any small-scale verbal or physical interaction between those of different races, cultures, beliefs, or genders that has no malicious intent, but that can be interpreted as an aggression.
   • 2014 Feb. 18, Graeme Hamilton, "McGill student forced to apologize for racial ‘microaggression’ after emailing joke Obama clip," National Post (Canada) (retrieved 19 Feb 2014):

     At McGill, someone has established a McGill Microaggressions website inviting students and staff to report instances of “sexism, heteropatriarchy, transphobia, classism, racism [and] ableism.”

Hyponyms

• microassault
• microinsult
• microinvalidation

Related terms

• microaggress
• microaggressive
• microaggressor

Translations

everyday interaction interpreted as aggression

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Norwegian: Bokmål: mikroaggressjon m Nynorsk: mikroaggressjon m Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: please add this translation if you can

See also

• microinvalidate