Mansplaining is the act of a man explaining something he may not really know to a woman who does, and the assumption behind it that knowledge is somehow inherent in the male condition, paralleling a void of knowledge waiting to be filled in the female condition.
He didn't realize it, but he was mansplaining how a woman's reproductive system works to a gynecologist (who just happened to be female).
by _womensrights March 11, 2017
The practice of a man explaining a subject condescendingly to a woman, when the woman's knowledge on the topic is greater than the man's.
Examples: see top fifteen definitions of "mansplaining" on Urban Dictionary.
Examples: see top fifteen definitions of "mansplaining" on Urban Dictionary.
Some unemployed, illiterate jackass mansplained the word "mansplaining" on Urban Dictionary because he was too afraid to talk to woman in real life.
by Brainiacgal March 12, 2017
A Term commonly used by Feminists which is when a man spreads his legs open to show off his big fat dilkwede.
by MansplainingIsCool May 20, 2019
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
by lolasalamander May 06, 2022
mansplaining, is when a man takes the opportunity to prove his existence in a conversation and give himself a pat on the back when talking about something personal to a woman as if he knows her life more than she does, as if he knows what's best for her more than she does.
Woman:"Sorry, I feel really down right now, I'm not in the mood for going out"
Man mansplaining:"I don't believe you're really sad, I think your sadness comes from your own perception of your life, you are seeking this sadness, consciously or unconsciously. Therefore, I don't think you should think about all this because if you're sad, then certainly you have decided it, I won't make this longer, but I think this is really bad for you and everyone surrounding you, including me".
Man mansplaining:"I don't believe you're really sad, I think your sadness comes from your own perception of your life, you are seeking this sadness, consciously or unconsciously. Therefore, I don't think you should think about all this because if you're sad, then certainly you have decided it, I won't make this longer, but I think this is really bad for you and everyone surrounding you, including me".
by seriously-no-hate June 21, 2017
*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