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nanoaggression

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos)bor. Latin nānusbor. English nano- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-der. Latin gradior Latin aggredior Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin aggressiōder. Middle French aggressionbor. English aggression English nanoaggression From nano- + aggression.

  1. derived from aggression English nanoaggression From nano- + aggression
  2. derived from aggressionbor
  3. derived from gradior Latin aggredior Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin aggressiōder
  4. derived from nano- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-der
  5. derived from nānusbor

Definitions

  1. A particularly trivial microaggression.

    • A recent jag in the feminist jihad has to do with what they are pleased to call microaggressions—what Jonah Goldberg recently worried might become nanoaggressions.

The neighborhood

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