Mansplainer
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Mansplainer is a noun meaning (informal) One (especially a man) who mansplains.
Meaning
(informal) One (especially a man) who mansplains.
Example Sentences
Think about the men you know. Do any of them display that delightful mixture of privilege and ignorance that leads to condescending, inaccurate explanations, delivered with the rock-solid conviction of rightness and that slimy certainty that of course he is right, because he is the man in this conversation?
Word Forms
- mansplainers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include femsplainer, whitesplainer, overexplainer, explanator, manhandler, transplainer.
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