Definitions For Mansplain

Verb

(informal, pejorative) To explain (something) condescendingly (to a female listener), especially to explain something the listener already knows, presuming that she has an inferior understanding of it merely because she is female.

Quotations

Coordinate terms

whitesplain womansplaining straightsplain cissplain

Derived terms

mansplainer mansplaining mansplanation mansplainy

Translations

French: mecspliquer German: herrklären, mansplainen Hebrew: הִסְגְּבִּיר (hisgbír) Swedish: mansplaina

See also

male answer syndrome -splain

Etymology

man, explain.

Anagrams

maslin pan, plainsman

Is Mansplain a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK NO
English International (SOWPODS) NO
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
13
Words with Friends
18

The word Mansplain is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends

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