mansplain en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈmænˌspleɪn/ (General-American)
- /ˈmanˌspleɪn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- măn′-splān′
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
Blend of man + explain, equivalent to man + -splain.
Meanings
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(derogatory, informal) 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.
But what's getting all of the attention in the bill is the part where legislators have banded together to mansplain the various shadings of the crime of "rape" to America.
2011 February 1, Jason Linkins, “What’s behind the drive to redefine rape in new and insane ways?”, in The Huffington Post, archived from the original on 01 Apr 2016:Positioning himself as the white guy mansplaining to a black woman what’s best for her, The New York Times’s John Caramanica argues that Rihanna’s attempt, on the album, “to make public art with the person who physically abused you is immature, pre-feminist, post-ethics.”
2015 February 27, Robin James, Resilience & Melancholy: Pop Music, Feminism, Neoliberalism, Alresford, Hants: Zero Books, →ISBN:There were some Occupy-style solutions: those whose voices dominate should “step back” for an entire meeting. […] Men should notice when they are “mansplaining” (this one got a thunderous ovation).
2012 May 18, Sarah Seltzer, “Can Occupy fight back against the war on women?”, in The Nation, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2013:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mansplaining | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| mansplained | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| mansplained | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| mansplains | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Deriveds
mansplainy · mansplanation · mansplaining · mansplainer
Relateds
womansplain · cissplain · male answer syndrome · whitesplain · -splain · momsplain · hepeat · straightsplain · femsplain · shelaborate
Translations (10)
fr pénispliquer (Translations) · es machoexplicar (Translations) · he הִסְגְּבִּיר (Translations) · fr mecspliquer (Translations) · de mansplainen (Translations) · pl panjaśnić (Translations) · de herrklären (Translations) · sv mansplaina (Translations) · af manspliseer (Translations) · el ανδρεξηγώ (Translations)