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microinsult

noun

Etymology

From micro- + insult.

  1. derived from insultus — “insult, reviling, scoffing”
  2. derived from insult
  3. derived from *sel-✻ — “to spring”
  4. derived from īnsultō — “to spring, leap or jump at or upon; to abuse, insult, revile, taunt”
  5. derived from insulter
  6. prefixed as microinsult — “micro + insult”

Definitions

  1. A form or instance of microaggression that demeans a person's racial heritage or identity.

  2. To engage in the practice of making microinsults.

    • Depending on the consciousness and intent of his actions, these may be considered microassaults or microinsults. Similarly hostile sexism may also take microassaultive, microinsulting, or microinvalidating forms.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA