mansplain

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To explain (something) condescendingly (to a female listener), especially to explain something the listener already knows, presuming that she has an inferior understanding of it merely because she is female.

măn′-splān′ /ˈmanˌspleɪn/ /ˈmænˌspleɪn/ en-au-mansplain.ogg

mansplain mansplains mansplaining mansplained

Blend of man + explain, equivalent to man + -splain.

cissplain femsplain momsplain straightsplain whitesplain womansplain male answer syndrome -splain

mansplainer mansplaining mansplainy mansplanation

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