I've gritted my teeth through microaggression after microaggression today.
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Microaggression
//ˌmaɪ.kroʊ.əˈɡrɛ.ʃən//
Synonyms for "microaggression" (6 found)
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Noun(2 words)
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Related words (3)
Noun(3 words)
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11 entriesTranslations
13 translations across 13 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- microagressió noun (everyday interaction interpreted as aggression)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 微歧視 /微歧视 noun (everyday interaction interpreted as aggression)
Finnish
1 entries- mikroaggressio noun (everyday interaction interpreted as aggression)
French
1 entries- micro-agression noun (everyday interaction interpreted as aggression)
German
1 entries- Mikroaggression noun (everyday interaction interpreted as aggression)
Korean
1 entries- 미세공격 noun (everyday interaction interpreted as aggression)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- mikroaggressjon noun (everyday interaction interpreted as aggression)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- mikroaggressjon noun (everyday interaction interpreted as aggression)
Polish
1 entries- mikroagresja noun (everyday interaction interpreted as aggression)
Portuguese
1 entries- microagressão noun (everyday interaction interpreted as aggression)
Russian
1 entries- микроагрессия noun (everyday interaction interpreted as aggression)
Spanish
1 entries- microagresión noun (everyday interaction interpreted as aggression)
Swedish
1 entries- mikroaggression noun (everyday interaction interpreted as aggression)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Near-synonyms: microassault, microinequity, microinsult, microinvalidation, nanoaggression
Source: wiktionary
At McGill, someone has established a McGill Microaggressions website inviting students and staff to report instances of “sexism, heteropatriarchy, transphobia, classism, racism [and] ableism.”
Source: wiktionary
Two terms have risen quickly from obscurity into common campus parlance. Microaggressions are small actions or word choices that seem on their face to have no malicious intent but that are thought of as a kind of violence nonetheless.
Source: wiktionary
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