Meaning of richsplain | Babel Free

Definitions

To explain to a poor person (as a middle-class or wealthy person) in a condescending manner, presuming the listener's inferior understanding.

derogatory, informal

Examples

“It should also be acknowledged that Trollope “richsplains” to the Canadians but not to his English readers, who come from the upper or middle classes.”

“In this period of declining mobility and the American dream falling out of people's reach, rich people generally responded by richsplaining to them that all was well, that you were wrong about your own reality, things were getting better and you just had to sit down and shut up and lean in.”

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