noun
Meaning 1
The application of whitewash.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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whitewashing
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noun
Meaning 2
The effacement of errors or bad actions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable
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Synonyms: whitewash
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, derogatory, uncountable
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Antonyms: blackwashing
verb
Meaning 4
present participle and gerund of whitewash
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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History
Etymology
From whitewash + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Greek: άσπρισμα (ásprisma) — application of whitewash.
- Hindi: चुनाई (cunāī) — application of whitewash.
- Hindi: पुताई (putāī) — application of whitewash.
- Polish: wybielanie — application of whitewash.
- Zhuang: swiqsaw — application of whitewash.
- Zhuang: swiqseuq — application of whitewash.