Westsplaining

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Etymology

Blend of West +‎ explaining, or Westplain +‎ -ing, itself from West + -splain. Modelled after mansplaining. The term became popular in 2017.

Noun

Westsplaining (uncountable)

  1. (uncommon, informal, derogatory, neologism) 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.
    • 2013 April 5, @InstantSunrise, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 2024-07-22:
      "Westsplaining" can this be a word please?

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