Microinvalidation

Making assumptions about a person's abilities based on their disability can be a microinvalidation of their potential.

A teacher praising a student for their "articulate" speech or "exotic" background can be a microinvalidation of that student's identity.

Expecting someone to speak for their entire race or culture is a microinvalidation.

Dismissing a woman's ideas or opinions as "emotional" is a microinvalidation.

A company's dress code that does not accommodate different cultural or religious attire is a form of microinvalidation.

Making assumptions about a person's sexual orientation based on their appearance is a form of microinvalidation.

His use of the term "lame" to describe something he didn't like was a microinvalidation towards people with disabilities.

Assuming that someone is heterosexual is a microinvalidation.

The constant mispronunciation of her name was a microinvalidation towards her cultural identity.