whitewashing

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The application of whitewash.
2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) The effacement of errors or bad actions.
3. (countable, derogatory, uncountable) 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

present participle and gerund of whitewash

whitewash

• Noun
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Conceptos

encubrimiento

blanqueadura

jalbegue

Sinónimos

whitening

glossing over

extenuation

palliation

Traducciones

Beschönigung

imbiancatura

طرش

Heuchelei

التغطية

weißend

scheinbare Gewissenhaftigkeit

embellissement

tünchend

دهان

Etimología (Inglés)

From whitewash + -ing.