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单词 microaggression
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Definition of microaggression in English:

microaggression

nounmʌɪkrəʊəˈɡrɛʃ(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. 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.

Origin

1970s: from micro- + aggression.

 
 

Definition of microaggression in US English:

microaggression

nounˌmaɪkroʊəˈɡrɛʃənˌmīkrōəˈɡreSHən
  • 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. 1.1 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.

Origin

1970s: from micro- + aggression.

 
 
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