Manterruption
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of manterrupting a woman.
"It was perhaps the most public example of the “manterruption” – that is, a man interrupting a woman while she’s trying to speak (in this case, on stage, by herself, as an award honoree) and taking over the floor."
Example
More examples"It was perhaps the most public example of the “manterruption” – that is, a man interrupting a woman while she’s trying to speak (in this case, on stage, by herself, as an award honoree) and taking over the floor."
Etymology
Blend of man + interruption.
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