Manterrupt
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Manterrupt is a verb meaning (informal, derogatory) To interrupt condescendingly (a female interlocutor), presuming that the woman's word have little merit merely because she is not male.
Meaning
(informal, derogatory) To interrupt condescendingly (a female interlocutor), presuming that the woman's word have little merit merely because she is not male.
Example Sentences
It was perhaps the most public example of the “manterruption” – that is, a man interrupting a woman while she’s trying to speak (in this case, on stage, by herself, as an award honoree) and taking over the floor.
Word Forms
- manterrupts
- manterrupting
- manterrupted
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mansplain, misperson.
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