Meanings
nounmanterruption (plural manterruptions)
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
Origin
Blend of man + interruption.
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manterruption. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manterruption
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“manterruption.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manterruption. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “manterruption,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manterruption.
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