manterruption
manterruption noun: the act of manterrupting a woman.
Noun
manterruption (plural manterruptions)
- The act of manterrupting a woman.
- 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.2015 January 20, Jessica Bennett, “How Not to Be 'Manterrupted' in Meetings”, in Time, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2018
Forms of manterruption
| plural | manterruptions |
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Origin of manterruption
Blend of man + interruption.
Questions about manterruption
- What does manterruption mean?
- Manterruption means the act of manterrupting a woman.
- What part of speech is manterruption?
- Manterruption is a noun.
- What is the plural of manterruption?
- The plural of manterruption is manterruptions.
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