Microaggress

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To perform one or more acts of microaggression. intransitive

    "Every chapter presents an integrated "way forward" section that provides practical steps that we ourselves can take in order to better understand and control our own tendency to microaggress."

  2. 2
    To perform one or more acts of microaggression directed at (someone). transitive

    "You are microaggressing me and it is not okay. Period. End of story."

Example

More examples

"Every chapter presents an integrated "way forward" section that provides practical steps that we ourselves can take in order to better understand and control our own tendency to microaggress."

Etymology

From micro- + aggress, as a back-formation from microaggression.

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