"humanewash" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: humanewashes [present, singular, third-person], humanewashing [participle, present], humanewashed [participle, past], humanewashed [past]
Etymology: humane + wash, following the established pattern of greenwash, pinkwash, and similar forms (which came ultimately from the figurative-extension sense of whitewash as "to slap a paintjob over the truth to hide it and to give a specious nice appearance"); this form also rhymes with brainwash, as does sustainwash. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|humane|wash}} humane + wash Head templates: {{en-verb}} humanewash (third-person singular simple present humanewashes, present participle humanewashing, simple past and past participle humanewashed)
  1. To engage in the humaneness (animal welfare) analogue of greenwashing.
    Sense id: en-humanewash-en-verb-GehXaY0N Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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