femsplain

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To explain feminist concepts or a feminine perspective, especially when done in a condescending manner or to explain something the listener already knows, presuming that he has an inferior understanding of it merely because he is male.
To explain (as a woman) the experience of a man.

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From feminist + -splain. Compare mansplain, womansplaining.

womansplain

mansplaining womansplaining

femsplainer

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