mansplain

Meaning

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.

Origin

  • , equivalent to man + -splain.

Modern English dictionary

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