mansplaining
Noun
- The act of condescendingly explaining something, particularly by a man to a woman, in order to appear knowledgeable, or from a mistaken presumption that she has an inferior understanding of the topic.
Verb
- present participle and gerund of mansplain
Origin / Etymology
Blend of man + explaining, or from mansplain + -ing.
Scrabble Score: 17
mansplaining: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmansplaining: not valid in Scrabble (MW) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
mansplaining: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 0
mansplaining: not valid in Words With Friends