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(sociology) Large-scale or overt aggression toward those of a certain race, culture, gender, etc., contrasted with microaggression..
People of color, particularly African-American men, have been caught up in a twister of macroaggressions and micro ones. No amount of ignoring can alleviate it; no amount of achieving can ameliorate it.
They meet microaggression with macroaggression, bullying kids and adults who, say, refer to the transgender reality star Caitlyn Jenner as anything less than “stunning and brave.”
These are juxtaposed with brutal news footage and Isis YouTube propaganda. Here are the alienations and macroaggressions of the contemporary world.
Use macroaggression when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Macroaggression means (sociology) Large-scale or overt aggression toward those of a certain race, culture, gender, etc., contrasted with microaggression..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
People of color, particularly African-American men, have been caught up in a twister of macroaggressions and micro ones. No amount of ignoring can alleviate it; no amount of achieving can ameliorate it.
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