Westsplaining

English

Alternative forms

• westsplaining

Etymology

Blend of West +‎ explaining, or Westplain +‎ -ing modeled after mansplaining. The term became popular in 2017.

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 2010s]
   • 2013 April 5, @InstantSunrise, Twitter‎^[1], archived from the original on 2024-07-22:

     "Westsplaining" can this be a word please?

Further reading

• Westsplaining on Wikipedia.Wikipedia