whitewashing

noun

white·​wash·​ing ˈ(h)wīt-ˌwȯ-shiŋ How to pronounce whitewashing (audio)
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: an act or instance of applying whitewash

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The Maya Erskine/Jack Quaid two hander Plus One, Emma Stone's unfortunate adventure in whitewashing, Aloha, Ed Zwick's sweeping Western romance Legends of the Fall, and the eternal John Hughes classic Sixteen Candles all leave the platform this month. Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 1 Feb. 2025 Daniel Hodges, one of the officers who was injured on Jan. 6 after being pinned in a doorway of the Capitol and crushed, said Mr. Trump’s whitewashing of Jan. 6 was necessary to preserve his supporters’ belief in their own goodness and patriotism. Jonathan Swan, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025 The real stories behind Blitz McQueen wrote the character of Ife (played by Benjamin Clementine) to help correct the whitewashing of the Blitz. Gregory Wakeman, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024 These are movies that do not pass through national censorship forces and their whitewashing of any regime criticism. Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for whitewashing 

Word History

First Known Use

1650, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of whitewashing was in 1650

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“Whitewashing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whitewashing. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.

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