Westsplaining

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Etymology[edit]

Blend of West +‎ explaining, modeled after mansplaining.

Noun[edit]

Westsplaining (uncountable)

  1. (uncommon, informal, derogatory) The act of condescendingly explaining something as a Westerner, especially sociopolitical views of Central and Eastern Europe and its historical and current relations with the Soviet Union and Russia. [from 2017]

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