whitewashing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The application of whitewash.
The effacement of errors or bad actions.
The process of whitewashing, of making over (a person or character, a group, an event, etc) so that it is or seems more white (Caucasian), for example by applying makeup to a person, or by covering over the participation of non-whites in an event and focusing on only white participation.

verb

whitewashing whitewashings

From whitewash + -ing.

whitewash

blackwashing

blackwashing bluewashing brownwashing greenwashing pinkwashing purplewashing rainbow washing redwashing

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