"bikewashing" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: Blend of bike + whitewashing (or bike + -wash + -ing), patterned after greenwashing. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|bike|whitewashing}} Blend of bike + whitewashing, {{suffix|en|bike|wash|ing}} bike + -wash + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} bikewashing (uncountable)
  1. The practice by people, organizations and states of presenting themselves as bike-friendly without making meaningful changes to promote the use of active means of transport. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-bikewashing-en-noun-~L9p~xx5 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing, English terms suffixed with -wash, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English blends: 68 32 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 83 17 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -wash: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bike-washing

Verb [English]

Etymology: Blend of bike + whitewashing (or bike + -wash + -ing), patterned after greenwashing. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|bike|whitewashing}} Blend of bike + whitewashing, {{suffix|en|bike|wash|ing}} bike + -wash + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} bikewashing
  1. present participle and gerund of bikewash Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: bikewash Related terms: bike-friendly
    Sense id: en-bikewashing-en-verb-0pGV1GHB Categories (other): Inflections with a red link for lemma
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bike-washing
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