Microaggression

Quick meaning: Microaggression is a noun meaning (sociology, chiefly US) Any small-scale verbal or physical interaction between those of different races, cultures, beliefs, or genders that may have no malicious intent, but that can be interpreted as an aggression.

Meaning

(sociology, chiefly US) Any small-scale verbal or physical interaction between those of different races, cultures, beliefs, or genders that may have no malicious intent, but that can be interpreted as an aggression.

Example Sentences

Near-synonyms: microassault, microinequity, microinsult, microinvalidation, nanoaggression

Ask whether microaggressions merit the same response as physical assault and the Elect do not receive this as a challenging query.

For many of us, microaggressions are so commonplace that it seems impossible to tackle them one at a time. Psychologists often compare them to death by a thousand cuts.

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

Word Forms

• microaggressions

Synonyms for microaggression

Depending on context, synonyms include microassault, microinequity, microinsult, microinvalidation, nanoaggression.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include microassault, nanoaggression, microinsult, microinvalidation, misgrind, misinteraction.

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