Westsplaining

English

Alternative forms

• westsplaining

Etymology

Blend of West +‎ explaining, modeled after mansplaining.

Noun

Westsplaining (uncountable)

1. (uncommon, informal, derogatory) 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. [from 2017]

Further reading

• Westsplaining on Wikipedia.Wikipedia