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单词 mansplain
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Definition of mansplain in English:

mansplain

verb ˈmanspleɪnˈmænˌspleɪn
[with object]informal
  • (of a man) explain (something) to someone, typically a woman, in a manner regarded as condescending or patronizing.

    I'm listening to a guy mansplain economics to his wife
    Apparently you can't sell a second-hand car for as much as a new one. So glad he mansplained that to me
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Bravo, too, for the general misogynist stereotyping, victim blaming and general mansplaining.
    • I was accused of "mansplaining" and of writing "a terrible article" that should never have been published.
    • Leave it to him to mansplain why it's so bad having the women-folk working.
    • How very sweet of him to offer to mansplain the budget to the dumb blonde who just got herself elected Senator.
    • He tries to mansplain it with a weak athlete analogy, but she cuts him short.
    • Don't mansplain female sexuality.
    • Can someone mansplain to me why the price of a Hershey bar was so weirdly stable until 1970?
    • For them to pretend that "diet culture" and "size zero" start and end within the exclusively female world of women's magazines is a massive pile of mansplaining, patronising nonsense.
    • Allow us to mansplain.
    • Where are we going to find someone to mansplain heterosexual lit?

Derivatives

  • mansplainer

  • noun
    informal
    • She's somewhat compromised by her romantic attachment to resident "mansplainer" Thomas.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This is not to say that Hemingway wasn't a mansplainer par excellence.
      • There is no conversation with a woman that a mansplainer feels more entitled to dominate than one centering on sports in general and football in particular.
      • He's a compulsive mansplainer.
      • Hopefully not sounding like a know-it-all mansplainer, what you're suffering sounds a lot like the initial days/weeks after my injury.

Origin

Early 21st century: blend of man and explain.

 
 

Definition of mansplain in US English:

mansplain

verbˈmænˌspleɪnˈmanˌsplān
[with object]informal
  • (of a man) explain (something) to someone, typically a woman, in a manner regarded as condescending or patronizing.

    I'm listening to a guy mansplain economics to his wife
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Can someone mansplain to me why the price of a Hershey bar was so weirdly stable until 1970?
    • Where are we going to find someone to mansplain heterosexual lit?
    • Allow us to mansplain.
    • How very sweet of him to offer to mansplain the budget to the dumb blonde who just got herself elected Senator.
    • Don't mansplain female sexuality.
    • I was accused of "mansplaining" and of writing "a terrible article" that should never have been published.
    • Bravo, too, for the general misogynist stereotyping, victim blaming and general mansplaining.
    • Leave it to him to mansplain why it's so bad having the women-folk working.
    • For them to pretend that "diet culture" and "size zero" start and end within the exclusively female world of women's magazines is a massive pile of mansplaining, patronising nonsense.
    • He tries to mansplain it with a weak athlete analogy, but she cuts him short.

Origin

Early 21st century: blend of man and explain.

 
 
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