Psychiatry and Psychology

Microaggression

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)

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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)

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Indexed with the subheadings classification, drug effects, ethics, physiology, radiation effects.

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2022

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  • Aggression (2000-2021)

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  1. F01.145.813w.045w.500w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Microaggression. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000088828. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000088828
  2. Microaggression. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microaggression
  3. Microaggression. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17007042