"sustainwashing" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From sustain + -wash + -ing, following the established pattern of greenwashing, pinkwashing, purplewashing, and similar forms (which came ultimately from the figurative-extension sense of whitewashing as "slapping a paintjob over the truth to hide it and to give a specious nice appearance"). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sustain|wash|ing}} sustain + -wash + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} sustainwashing (uncountable)
  1. (gerund counterpart to, and coeval with, the present participial verb form) The sustainability analogue of greenwashing (or subset thereof, in ecologic subsenses). Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-sustainwashing-en-noun-5HGDD2iM

Verb

Etymology: From sustain + -wash + -ing, following the established pattern of greenwashing, pinkwashing, purplewashing, and similar forms (which came ultimately from the figurative-extension sense of whitewashing as "slapping a paintjob over the truth to hide it and to give a specious nice appearance"). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sustain|wash|ing}} sustain + -wash + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} sustainwashing
  1. present participle and gerund of sustainwash Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: sustainwash
    Sense id: en-sustainwashing-en-verb-ZcUDArMs Categories (other): 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 entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 33 67 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -wash: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 71
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