mansplainer

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noun

One (especially a man) who mansplains.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

nounmansplainer (plural mansplainers)

plural mansplainers

  1. informalOne (especially a man) who mansplains.
    1 more example

    Think about the men you know. Do any of them display that delightful mixture of privilege and ignorance that leads to condescending, inaccurate explanations, delivered with the rock-solid conviction of rightness and that slimy certainty that of course he is right, because he is the man in this conversation?

    2009 May 8, Karen Healey, “A woman's born to weep and fret”, in Karen Healey's Livejournal, retrieved 26 May 2012

Origin

Translations

French mecsplicateur
  • mecsplicateurTranslations
Spanish señoro
  • señoroTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

mansplainer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mansplainer

MLA

“mansplainer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mansplainer. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mansplainer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mansplainer.

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