microinequity
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
microinequity (plural microinequities)
- A small gesture or other minor treatment that discriminates against an individual.
- 2013, C. Nathan DeWall, The Oxford Handbook of Social Exclusion, page 58:
- Specifically, store personnel displayed microinequities—they smiled less, they spoke fewer words, and they were more rude and less friendly with heavy (versus nonheavy) individuals.