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Meaning of manterrupt | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To interrupt condescendingly (a female interlocutor), presuming that the woman's word have little merit merely because she is not male.

derogatory, informal

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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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