"womansplain" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: womansplains [present, singular, third-person], womansplaining [participle, present], womansplained [participle, past], womansplained [past]
Etymology: From woman + -splain. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|woman|splain}} woman + -splain Head templates: {{en-verb}} womansplain (third-person singular simple present womansplains, present participle womansplaining, simple past and past participle womansplained)
  1. Synonym of femsplain Synonyms: femsplain [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-womansplain-en-verb-0Y9B6Wsl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -splain

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2017 September 7, Lisa Schwarzbaum, “'Top of the Lake: China Girl' is Great TV Gone Very Bad”, in Newsweek",
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