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Synonyms for mansplanation

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explanation

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Noun

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A condescending explanation given by a male explainer to a female listener, especially to explain something the listener already knows, presuming that she has an inferior understanding of it because she is a woman.

    Like I said, I can see how a person can take the song as a mansplanation of an issue primarily pertaining to women, but was that Lupe’s intention?

Forms

Plural
mansplanations → explanations…

Example sentences

  • explanation We shouldn't accept his explanation at face value.

By length

11 letters
explanation4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (explanation4 = 4 syllables).