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Noun

microaggression ‎(countable and uncountable, plural microaggressions)

1. 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

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