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Downsplaining

The universal term for “mansplaining”. It can be applied to anyone who is condescendingly explaining something to someone e.g. whitewashing, middle class ignoring lower class, Heteronormativity.
Alex was caught downsplaining; he told a mechanical engineering graduate about the manufacturing process in Toyota.
by Lavynia December 18, 2017
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