Mansplaining in English dictionary

  • mansplaining

    Meanings and definitions of "Mansplaining"

    • (colloquial, chiefly Internet) The fact or action of explaining something in a condescending or self-justifying manner, originally and especially of a man to a woman.
    • noun
      (informal, pejorative)
      The act of condescendingly explaining something, particularly by a man to a female listener in order to appear knowledgable or from a mistaken presumption that she has an inferior understanding of the topic.
    • verb
      present participle of [i]mansplain[/i]

    Grammar and declension of Mansplaining

    • mansplaining ( uncountable)
  • Mansplaining

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