English Explanatory Dictionary

-wash

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. To coat with, or a coating of, paint of the colour specified.
  2. To focus on, or an act of focussing on, a supposedly positive aspect of an organisation in order to distract from or downplay negative perceptions.
  3. An overwhelming victory by a team or entity of the colour specified; often a clean sweep.

Word forms

-wash

Etymology

Back-formation from whitewash. Second sense popularised by greenwash.

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