"Westsplaining" meaning in English

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          "text": "\"Westsplaining\" can this be a word please?",
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        "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."
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          "Westerner",
          "westerner"
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        [
          "Central",
          "Central Europe"
        ],
        [
          "Eastern Europe",
          "Eastern Europe"
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        [
          "Soviet Union",
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        "(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."
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        "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."
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          "Central Europe"
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