Westsplaining
nounEtymology Blend of West + explaining, or Westplain + -ing, itself from West + -splain. Modelled after mansplaining. The term became popular in 2017.
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Derogatory, Informal, Neologism, Uncommon 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.
- "Westsplaining" can this be a word please?2013 April 5, @InstantSunrise, Twitter, archived from the original on 22 Jul 2024:
- Derived terms
- Westsplainer