Westsplaining
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Blend of West + explaining, or Westplain + -ing modeled after mansplaining. The term became popular in 2017.
Noun
[edit]Westsplaining (uncountable)
- (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 2010s]
- 2013 April 5, @InstantSunrise, Twitter[1], archived from the original on 2024-07-22:
- "Westsplaining" can this be a word please?
Further reading
[edit]Westsplaining on Wikipedia.Wikipedia