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mansplains

mansplains is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mansplain.

Meaning of mansplain

Verb

mansplain (third-person singular simple present mansplains, present participle mansplaining, simple past and past participle mansplained)

  1. (derogatory, informal) To explain (something) condescendingly (to a female listener), especially to explain something the listener already knows, presuming that she has an inferior understanding of it merely because she is female.
    • But what's getting all of the attention in the bill is the part where legislators have banded together to mansplain the various shadings of the crime of "rape" to America.2011 February 1, Jason Linkins, “What’s behind the drive to redefine rape in new and insane ways?”, in The Huffington Post, archived from the original on 01 Apr 2016

Questions about mansplains

What is mansplains the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Mansplains is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mansplain.

Words near mansplains in the dictionary

  1. mansplain
  2. mansplained
  3. mansplainer
  4. mansplainers
  5. mansplaining
  6. mansplains
  7. mansplainy
  8. mansplanation
  9. mansplanations
  10. mansplay
  11. mansplayed

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