a man explaining something condescendingly to someone (especially a woman) about something he has incomplete knowledge of with the mistaken assumption that he knows more about it than the person he's talking to does as if men are smarter than women and they try to look down to women.
'stop mansplaining'
by nekomaru August 06, 2021
*woman changing a tire*
Man: "here let me show you how to do that"
Woman: "no thanks I got it"
Man "no need to play dumb, I can show you"
Mansplaining
Man: "here let me show you how to do that"
Woman: "no thanks I got it"
Man "no need to play dumb, I can show you"
Mansplaining
by That feminist October 08, 2020
by TabithaMCat333 October 13, 2022
When an individual of the male sex proceeds to explain something/ some situation to a woman that she most likely knew already and most certainly did not ask for such an explanation. May be condescending but not always.
Female: My psychology class is very interesting this year, I learned about Sigmu-
Male: You know actually Sigmund Freud had many many children isn't that something? He was well known for blah blah blah blah
Female: Did not ask for a ,mansplaining session but go off
Male: You know actually Sigmund Freud had many many children isn't that something? He was well known for blah blah blah blah
Female: Did not ask for a ,mansplaining session but go off
by Jk4747 April 04, 2019
A term used to describe when a male explains something to a feminist that said feminist doesn't like, agree with, or want to hear. Typically used as a way to dismiss any argument or topic point a man may have.
by jollyjay June 14, 2017
When a male tries to explain something to a woman, and thinks he as to dumb down the explanation, especially when she is at the same level of knowledge, or has more, than her male counterpart.
Man 1: Did you see that Hail Mary during yesterday's football game?!
Man 2: Yeah, it was awesome!
Woman: Seriously, it was gre-
Man 2: Before you say anything else, what we mean by a Hail Mary is when the quarterback made a last ditch through down the field to a different player who caught it.
Woman: You don't need to cut me off to mansplain what a Hail Mary is. I've been watching football since I was in diapers.
Man 2: Yeah, it was awesome!
Woman: Seriously, it was gre-
Man 2: Before you say anything else, what we mean by a Hail Mary is when the quarterback made a last ditch through down the field to a different player who caught it.
Woman: You don't need to cut me off to mansplain what a Hail Mary is. I've been watching football since I was in diapers.
by originalcharly September 14, 2017
When a man, usually an Unlucky Jeff, or who is Nelsonized, who is confident, over educated, and uses a condescending tone to explain something to a intellectually superior women, usually a Jennifer, who already knows the answer
Jeff loved mansplaining to Jennifer on how interact with clients, when she already arranged 3 successful meetings that week.
by Lady friend to the white male October 19, 2018