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A form of gaslighting where the perpetrator explains political realities to someone with direct experience or expertise, often in a condescending tone, while erasing the target’s own political agency and knowledge. Variants include Westsplaining (Westerners explaining to Global South peoples) and Zionsplaining/Israelsplaining (non‑Palestinians explaining the conflict to Palestinians). Politicalsplaining dismisses lived experience, substitutes abstract frameworks for embodied knowledge, and positions the splainer as the objective voice of reason.
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