Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to whitesplain
Participle: whitesplained
Gerund: whitesplaining
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | whitesplain |
| you | whitesplain |
| he;she;it | whitesplains |
| we | whitesplain |
| you | whitesplain |
| they | whitesplain |
Perfect
| I | have whitesplained |
| you | have whitesplained |
| he;she;it | has whitesplained |
| we | have whitesplained |
| you | have whitesplained |
| they | have whitesplained |
Past
| I | whitesplained |
| you | whitesplained |
| he;she;it | whitesplained |
| we | whitesplained |
| you | whitesplained |
| they | whitesplained |
Pluperfect
| I | had whitesplained |
| you | had whitesplained |
| he;she;it | had whitesplained |
| we | had whitesplained |
| you | had whitesplained |
| they | had whitesplained |
Future
| I | will whitesplain |
| you | will whitesplain |
| he;she;it | will whitesplain |
| we | will whitesplain |
| you | will whitesplain |
| they | will whitesplain |
Future Perfect
| I | will have whitesplained |
| you | will have whitesplained |
| he;she;it | will have whitesplained |
| we | will have whitesplained |
| you | will have whitesplained |
| they | will have whitesplained |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | whitesplain |
| you | whitesplain |
| he;she;it | whitesplain |
| we | whitesplain |
| you | whitesplain |
| they | whitesplain |
Perfect
| I | have whitesplained |
| you | have whitesplained |
| he;she;it | have whitesplained |
| we | have whitesplained |
| you | have whitesplained |
| they | have whitesplained |
Imperfect
| I | whitesplained |
| you | whitesplained |
| he;she;it | whitesplained |
| we | whitesplained |
| you | whitesplained |
| they | whitesplained |
Pluperfect
| I | had whitesplained |
| you | had whitesplained |
| he;she;it | had whitesplained |
| we | had whitesplained |
| you | had whitesplained |
| they | had whitesplained |
Conditional
Present
| I | would whitesplain |
| you | would whitesplain |
| he;she;it | would whitesplain |
| we | would whitesplain |
| you | would whitesplain |
| they | would whitesplain |
Perfect
| I | would have whitesplained |
| you | would have whitesplained |
| he;she;it | would have whitesplained |
| we | would have whitesplained |
| you | would have whitesplained |
| they | would have whitesplained |
Imperative
| you | whitesplain |
| we | Let's whitesplain |
| you | whitesplain |
Verbs conjugated like 'whitesplain'
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 'whitesplain'
misexplain,
whitemail,
withstrain,
womansplain,
blacksplain,
chilblain,
explain,
femsplain,
mansplain,
masterplan,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From white + -splain, after mansplain.
Sample Sentences
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Rand Paul whitesplained to students at Howard University that a black Republican founded the NAACP. [2013, Clarence Page (quoting Urban Dictionary), "Rand Paul ‘whitesplaining’ for Howard students", New Haven Register, 16 April 2013]
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One self-described white feminist tweeted at her to explain that no women of color had been at the Barnard meeting "and that I needed to be educated about that," Wilson recalls. Somehow, activists who prided themselves on their racial enlightenment "were whitesplaining me about racism," she adds, laughing. [2014 February 17, Michelle Goldberg, “Feminism's Toxic Twitter Wars”, in The Nation:]
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Obviously, the answer for those living in abject poverty in a jobless environment is to have someone come down from their lofty perch and whitesplain about how to lift yourself up by your bootstraps. [2014, Justin Baragona, "Paul Ryan claims Black men are lazy and cause of poverty", New York Beacon, Volume 21, Number 12, 20 March 2014 - 26 March 2014, page 4]