Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

womansplain

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wom-ansplain
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of femsplain.

Example Sentences

"To me, the “Blank Space” video is basically the Citizen Kane of ironic misandry, a fourth-wave feminist fad that Amanda Hess articulately womansplained in a Slate article a few months ago."
"Then again, it might be appropriate after she 'womansplained' to him about the science behind magnets."
"Had a man made this, he would have been womansplained into contrition."
"And getting womansplained to about the fact that some undocumented immigrants are from South America (wow, crazy, who knew???) can't have helped either."

Etymology

From woman + -splain.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: woman

Inflected Forms

womansplains (present, singular) womansplaining (participle, present) womansplained (participle, past) womansplained (past)

Synonyms

femsplain

Questions

What does womansplain mean?: Synonym of femsplain.
Where does womansplain come from?: From woman + -splain.

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