greenwashing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The practice by people, organizations and states of presenting themselves as environmentally-friendly and progressive in order to disguise or divert attention away from their actual environmentally damaging behavior.

verb

greenwashing greenwashings

Blend of green + whitewashing (or green + -wash + -ing).

greenwash

greenscamming purplewashing pinkwashing redwashing outgreen

greenhushing

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