mansplanations

M3A1N1S1P3L1A1N1A1T1I1O1N1S1

A form of mansplanation — A condescending explanation given by a male explainer to a female listener, especially to explain something the listener already knows, presuming that she has an inferior understanding of it because she is a woman.

Scrabble 18
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of mansplanation
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: mansplanations on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.