manterruption

noun

manterruption

noun

Etymology Blend of man + interruption.

1

The act of manterrupting a woman.

  • It was perhaps the most public example of the “manterruption” – that is, a man interrupting a woman while she’s trying to speak (in this case, on stage, by herself, as an award honoree) and taking over the floor.2015 January 20, Jessica Bennett, “How Not to Be 'Manterrupted' in Meetings”, in Time, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2018:

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