1. to explain something to a woman in a condescending way, often assuming she lacks knowledge or understanding because of her gender
Usage: informal; often considered offensive or pejorative

Examples

• He started to mansplain how the car engine works, even though she was a mechanic.
• She got tired of her coworker mansplaining basic concepts during meetings.
• I don't appreciate when people mansplain my own field of expertise to me.
• He mansplained the rules of soccer to his girlfriend, who had played since childhood.
• The professor was accused of mansplaining feminist theory to his female students.
• She interrupted him before he could mansplain the technology she had invented.