English Explanatory Dictionary

blackwashing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The revisionist portrayal of something as belonging to a black race of people.
  2. The application of a coating of blackwash.
  3. The revisionist portrayal of something as evil.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of blackwash

Word forms

blackwashing

Etymology

From blackwash + -ing.

Antonyms

whitewashing
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