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mansplain

verbid 14107·updated Jun 3, 2026
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to explain a topic to someone who knows more than you, as often done by men to women

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Cognitive

Understand75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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Variants

pasttense
mansplained
presentparticiple
mansplaining
thirdpersonsingular
mansplains
pastparticiple
mansplained

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
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to explain a topic to someone who knows more than you, as often done by men to women
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
to explain a topic to someone who knows more than you, as often done by men to women
DR-088 backfill from the verb definition column

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