explaining

noun

explaining

noun

1

explanation

You've got some explaining to do!
Among these various explainings there is one set which it is comparatively easy to distinguish. I call it semantic explanation: making clear a meaning.1973, Abraham Kaplan, The conduct of inquiry, page 327:

Derived terms: mansplaining, straightsplaining, unexplaining, womansplaining

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