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(sometimes capitalized, derogatory) A supposed male compulsion to answer questions regardless of whether one knows the answer.

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male answer syndrome

Source Word

male answer syndrome

capitalized derogatory sometimes uncountable

(sometimes capitalized, derogatory) A supposed male compulsion to answer questions regardless of whether one knows the answer.

Japanese Meaning

男性が、知識がない場合でも質問に答えようとする衝動や傾向。

In meetings, his habit of jumping in with confident but incorrect explanations was often dismissed as male answer syndrome.

会議では、自信満々だが間違った説明を差し挟む彼の習慣は、よく知らなくても答えたがる男性の衝動として片付けられた。

Sense（1）

(sometimes capitalized, derogatory) A supposed male compulsion to answer questions regardless of whether one knows the answer.