mansplaining
noun/ˈmanˌspleɪnɪŋ/UK/ˈmænˌspleɪnɪŋ/US
Etymology
Blend of man + explaining, or from mansplain + -ing.
Definitions
The act of condescendingly explaining something, particularly by a man to a woman, in…
The act of condescendingly explaining something, particularly by a man to a woman, in order to appear knowledgeable, or from a mistaken presumption that she has an inferior understanding of the topic.
- “Cognitive therapy” is the fancy clinical term for what is otherwise known as “mansplaining.”
present participle and gerund of mansplain
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for mansplaining. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA