Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to mansplain
Participle: mansplained
Gerund: mansplaining
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | mansplain |
| you | mansplain |
| he;she;it | mansplains |
| we | mansplain |
| you | mansplain |
| they | mansplain |
Perfect
| I | have mansplained |
| you | have mansplained |
| he;she;it | has mansplained |
| we | have mansplained |
| you | have mansplained |
| they | have mansplained |
Past
| I | mansplained |
| you | mansplained |
| he;she;it | mansplained |
| we | mansplained |
| you | mansplained |
| they | mansplained |
Pluperfect
| I | had mansplained |
| you | had mansplained |
| he;she;it | had mansplained |
| we | had mansplained |
| you | had mansplained |
| they | had mansplained |
Future
| I | will mansplain |
| you | will mansplain |
| he;she;it | will mansplain |
| we | will mansplain |
| you | will mansplain |
| they | will mansplain |
Future Perfect
| I | will have mansplained |
| you | will have mansplained |
| he;she;it | will have mansplained |
| we | will have mansplained |
| you | will have mansplained |
| they | will have mansplained |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | mansplain |
| you | mansplain |
| he;she;it | mansplain |
| we | mansplain |
| you | mansplain |
| they | mansplain |
Perfect
| I | have mansplained |
| you | have mansplained |
| he;she;it | have mansplained |
| we | have mansplained |
| you | have mansplained |
| they | have mansplained |
Imperfect
| I | mansplained |
| you | mansplained |
| he;she;it | mansplained |
| we | mansplained |
| you | mansplained |
| they | mansplained |
Pluperfect
| I | had mansplained |
| you | had mansplained |
| he;she;it | had mansplained |
| we | had mansplained |
| you | had mansplained |
| they | had mansplained |
Conditional
Present
| I | would mansplain |
| you | would mansplain |
| he;she;it | would mansplain |
| we | would mansplain |
| you | would mansplain |
| they | would mansplain |
Perfect
| I | would have mansplained |
| you | would have mansplained |
| he;she;it | would have mansplained |
| we | would have mansplained |
| you | would have mansplained |
| they | would have mansplained |
Imperative
| you | mansplain |
| we | Let's mansplain |
| you | mansplain |
Verbs conjugated like 'mansplain'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'mansplain'
momsplain,
womansplain,
femsplain,
misplan,
splain,
abstain,
assain,
assplant,
blacksplain,
captain,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Sample Sentences
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But what's getting all of the attention in the bill is the part where legislators have banded together to mansplain the various shadings of the crime of "rape" to America. [2011 February 1, Jason Linkins, “What’s behind the drive to redefine rape in new and insane ways?”, in The Huffington Post, archived from the original on 01 Apr 2016:]
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There were some Occupy-style solutions: those whose voices dominate should “step back” for an entire meeting. […] Men should notice when they are “mansplaining” (this one got a thunderous ovation). [2012 May 18, Sarah Seltzer, “Can Occupy fight back against the war on women?”, in The Nation, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2013:]
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Positioning himself as the white guy mansplaining to a black woman what’s best for her, The New York Times’s John Caramanica argues that Rihanna’s attempt, on the album, “to make public art with the person who physically abused you is immature, pre-feminist, post-ethics.” [2015 February 27, Robin James, Resilience & Melancholy: Pop Music, Feminism, Neoliberalism, Alresford, Hants: Zero Books, →ISBN:]