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microaggression

Coined in 1970, dormant for thirty-six years, given a taxonomy in one 2007 paper, then a single campus campaign in March 2014 carried it into the general vocabulary in under a week.

1965 to 2026, 4 sources

Gestation: first sustained attestation to ignition (ngram)GestationCrystallization: ignition to peak (ngram)CrystallizationIgnition 2014: first crossing of 10% of peak with sustained growth (ngram)Ignition 2014Peak 2022: maximum of smoothed series (ngram)Peak 20220%25%50%75%100%197019801990200020102020Logistic fit1970: Pierce, Offensive Mechanisms2007: Sue et al. taxonomy in American Psychologist2007-10-12: Wikipedia article created ("Microaggression")2014-03: 'I, Too, Am Harvard' (1M+ views in two days)2017: Merriam-Webster adds an entry

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Gestation 1968 to 2014Crystallization 2014 to 2022

Measured on Google Books

Growth rate k
0.635/yr
Rise midpoint
2017
Fit quality r²
0.988
Post-peak half-life
still on the plateau

The dated record

  1. 1970 Pierce, Offensive Mechanismspaper
  2. 2007 Sue et al. taxonomy in American Psychologistpaper
  3. 2007-10-12 Wikipedia article created ("Microaggression")platform
  4. 2014-03 'I, Too, Am Harvard' (1M+ views in two days)platform
  5. 2017 Merriam-Webster adds an entrydictionary