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Westsplaining en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (derogatory, informal, neologism, uncommon, uncountable) 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.
    • "Westsplaining" can this be a word please? 2013 April 5, @InstantSunrise, Twitter, archived from the original on 22 Jul 2024:

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Deriveds

Westsplainer