Microaggression

**Definition:** Brief verbal, behavioral, or situational indignities that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative slights or insults. It may may be intentional or implicit. Three subtypes have been identified: microassaults, which are purposefully discriminatory actions; microinsults, which are subtle snubs that devalue a person’s identity; and microinvalidations, which are unintentional exclusions or negations of an individual’s thoughts. (dictionary.apa.org/microaggression 12/30/2020)

**Tree numbers:** - F01.145.813.045.500