climatesplaining
/ˌklaɪmətˈsplɛɪnɪŋ/nounUnverifiedUnsolicited, condescending explanation of climate facts to someone already living their consequences.
The farmer mid-drought does not need the greenhouse effect described; the flooded commuter does not need a lecture on sea walls. Climatesplaining is the information hierarchy failing upward — expertise quoted at experience.
Etym. — climate + -splaining, extending the productive '-splaining' suffix (mansplaining) to the climate context.
Rel. — heatexile
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