English Explanatory Dictionary

sportswash

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To use sporting events to improve a polity's reputation, especially to distract from human rights abuses.
noun
  1. An incidence of sportswashing

Word forms

sportswash sportswashes sportswashing sportswashed

Etymology

From sports + -wash.

Related words

sportswashed sportswashing
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