Etymology

westsplaining

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Today it 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. Full definition →

First used 2010s
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The story

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

First known use, by meaning

  • from 2010s 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.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.