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Westsplaining

noun

Etymology

Blend of West + explaining, or Westplain + -ing, itself from West + -splain. Modelled after mansplaining. The term became popular in 2017.

Definitions

  1. The act of condescendingly explaining something as a Westerner, especially sociopolitical…

    The act of condescendingly explaining something as a Westerner, especially sociopolitical views of Central and Eastern Europe and its historical and current relations with the Soviet Union and Russia.

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  2. Alternative letter-case form of Westsplaining.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA