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westsplaining

westsplaining is the alternative letter-case form of Westsplaining.

Noun capitalized: Westsplaining

Westsplaining (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory, informal, neologism, uncommon) The act of condescendingly explaining something as a Westerner, especially sociopolitical views of Central and Eastern Europe and its historical and current relations with the Soviet Union and Russia.
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Forms of westsplaining

alternative formwestsplaining

Origin of westsplaining

Blend of West + explaining, or Westplain + -ing, itself from West + -splain. Modelled after mansplaining. The term became popular in 2017.

Words formed from westsplaining

Questions about westsplaining

What does westsplaining mean?
Westsplaining means the act of condescendingly explaining something as a Westerner, especially sociopolitical views of Central and Eastern Europe and its historical and current relations with the Soviet Union and Russia.
What is westsplaining the alternative letter-case form of?
Westsplaining is the alternative letter-case form of Westsplaining.
What part of speech is westsplaining?
Westsplaining is a noun.

Words near westsplaining in the dictionary

  1. Westrys
  2. wests
  3. westside
  4. westsides
  5. Westsplainer
  6. westsplaining
  7. Weststellingwerf
  8. Westsylvania
  9. Westtown
  10. Westville
  11. westward

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Adapted from Wiktionary: westsplaining (page history and authors); Westsplaining (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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