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femsplained

femsplained is the simple past and past participle of femsplain.

Meaning of femsplain

Verb

femsplain (third-person singular simple present femsplains, present participle femsplaining, simple past and past participle femsplained)

  1. To explain feminist concepts or a feminine perspective, especially when done in a condescending manner or to explain something the listener already knows, presuming that he has an inferior understanding of it merely because he is male.
    • Don't try to reinvent what the Internet has already done. Did I femsplain it sufficiently?2015 January 12, “Is it 'lady lecturing' or 'femsplaining'?”, in Los Angeles Times
  2. (derogatory) To explain (as a woman) the experience of a man.
    • I'm sure I, and the 99.999999% of men in this country who have never, would never, will never rape or harm a woman, need it. You've heard of mansplaining, right? When a man tries to explain rape/sexual assault/etc. to a female rape survivor? Okay, well you're femsplaining rape to a male rape...2014 June 6, Robin Wilson, “Why Colleges Are on the Hook for Sexual Assault”, in Chronicle of Higher Education

Questions about femsplained

What is femsplained the simple past and past participle of?
Femsplained is the simple past and past participle of femsplain.

Words near femsplained in the dictionary

  1. femslash
  2. femslasher
  3. femslashers
  4. femspeak
  5. femsplain
  6. femsplained
  7. femsplainer
  8. femsplainers
  9. femsplaining
  10. femsplains
  11. femstruate

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