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Definition of microaggression in English: microaggressionnounmʌɪkrəʊəˈɡrɛʃ(ə)nˌmaɪkroʊəˈɡrɛʃən 1A statement, action, or incident regarded as an instance of indirect, subtle, or unintentional discrimination against members of a marginalized group such as a racial or ethnic minority. the students made signs detailing microaggressions they had heard or experienced Example sentencesExamples - Keep on raging against the machine and protesting every single microaggression you witness.
- Calling affirmative action "racist" is an example of a racial "microaggression," says the University of California administration.
- Yes, one microaggression alone is a small event, but they don't wash away after they occur, they add up.
- Recent work by an associate professor of psychology at Kent State University shows how such microaggressions often produce anxiety in African-American women.
- These slights, or "microaggressions," as Franklin calls them, can build over time and ultimately explode, as it did for Bill when trying to hail a taxi.
- I also include a definition of racism as the system under which daily racial insults, or microaggressions, are perpetuated as "entertainment."
- This sentence is an extremely problematic microaggression enforcing the perpetual foreignness of Asian and Latino Americans; that we do not "appear American."
- Enduring such microaggressions can damage one's mental health, Franklin says.
- It's hard to not read that as a microaggression, because some days I am indeed practically living on caffeinated fructose.
- Will discussion of evolution in a biology class be a microaggression against a creationist?
- 1.1mass noun Indirect, subtle, or unintentional discrimination against members of a marginalized group.
they are not subject to daily acts of microaggression Example sentencesExamples - A street artist is responding to the microaggression of people feeling free to pass remarks to passing strangers.
- Making assumptions about Asian-Americans as a "model" minority is also considered microaggression.
- She told me that many black students experience unintended racial insults (sociologists call this "microaggression"), and that racist expression, intended or not, often gets a pass.
- While some of these experiences may seem brief and harmless, many studies have found that microaggression can trigger symptoms of depression and psychological distress.
- Both of these conditions subject you to lots of microaggression in today's society.
- When I read about microaggression and sexual assault on campus I question the lessons that we teach our children from the get-go.
- This unintentional racism, typically exposed through questions treating a person as different from the norm, is microaggression.
- The researchers found that approximately 78 percent of the participants reported some form of racial microaggression within the two-week time frame.
- Sue has been researching microaggression since 2007 and has written two books on the subject.
Origin1970s: from micro- + aggression. Definition of microaggression in US English: microaggressionnounˌmaɪkroʊəˈɡrɛʃənˌmīkrōəˈɡreSHən 1A statement, action, or incident regarded as an instance of indirect, subtle, or unintentional discrimination against members of a marginalized group such as a racial or ethnic minority. students posed with dry-erase boards documenting their experiences with microaggressions on campus Example sentencesExamples - I also include a definition of racism as the system under which daily racial insults, or microaggressions, are perpetuated as "entertainment."
- Will discussion of evolution in a biology class be a microaggression against a creationist?
- Recent work by an associate professor of psychology at Kent State University shows how such microaggressions often produce anxiety in African-American women.
- This sentence is an extremely problematic microaggression enforcing the perpetual foreignness of Asian and Latino Americans; that we do not "appear American."
- Enduring such microaggressions can damage one's mental health, Franklin says.
- Yes, one microaggression alone is a small event, but they don't wash away after they occur, they add up.
- It's hard to not read that as a microaggression, because some days I am indeed practically living on caffeinated fructose.
- Calling affirmative action "racist" is an example of a racial "microaggression," says the University of California administration.
- Keep on raging against the machine and protesting every single microaggression you witness.
- These slights, or "microaggressions," as Franklin calls them, can build over time and ultimately explode, as it did for Bill when trying to hail a taxi.
- 1.1 Indirect, subtle, or unintentional discrimination against members of a marginalized group.
they are not subject to daily acts of microaggression Example sentencesExamples - When I read about microaggression and sexual assault on campus I question the lessons that we teach our children from the get-go.
- Making assumptions about Asian-Americans as a "model" minority is also considered microaggression.
- This unintentional racism, typically exposed through questions treating a person as different from the norm, is microaggression.
- Sue has been researching microaggression since 2007 and has written two books on the subject.
- The researchers found that approximately 78 percent of the participants reported some form of racial microaggression within the two-week time frame.
- A street artist is responding to the microaggression of people feeling free to pass remarks to passing strangers.
- She told me that many black students experience unintended racial insults (sociologists call this "microaggression"), and that racist expression, intended or not, often gets a pass.
- Both of these conditions subject you to lots of microaggression in today's society.
- While some of these experiences may seem brief and harmless, many studies have found that microaggression can trigger symptoms of depression and psychological distress.
Origin1970s: from micro- + aggression. |