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(informal) Of a villain in a fictional work, to explain the details of one's evil plans or actions, or the motivations that drive them..
Are you done villainsplaining?
There’s a moment when John Sill gazes at the “Mona Lisa,” which he has stolen from the Louvre. The painting, he villainsplains to Kitu, is artistically unimpressive but nevertheless “a work of genius. Marketing genius.”
Use villainsplain when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Villainsplain means (informal) Of a villain in a fictional work, to explain the details of one's evil plans or actions, or the motivations that drive them..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Are you done villainsplaining?
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