"microaggress" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: microaggresses [present, singular, third-person], microaggressing [participle, present], microaggressed [participle, past], microaggressed [past]
Etymology: From micro- + aggress, as a back-formation from microaggression. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|micro|aggress}} micro- + aggress, {{back-formation|en|microaggression|nocap=1}} back-formation from microaggression Head templates: {{en-verb}} microaggress (third-person singular simple present microaggresses, present participle microaggressing, simple past and past participle microaggressed)
  1. (intransitive) To perform one or more acts of microaggression. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-microaggress-en-verb-QkW~Teim Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with micro-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English back-formations: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with micro-: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51
  2. (transitive) To perform one or more acts of microaggression directed at (someone). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-microaggress-en-verb-UQbLblSR Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with micro-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English back-formations: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with micro-: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: micro-aggress

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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