Definizione monolingua

whitewashing

whitewashing

1. Present participle of whitewash.

whitewashing (plural whitewashings)

1. The application of whitewash.
2. (figuratively) The effacement of errors or bad actions.
   • 2007 July 15, “The Nixonian Whitewash, Scrubbed”, New York Times:

     The institution insulted history by peddling ludicrous whitewashings — describing the Watergate criminal conspiracy as a “coup” by Nixon’s political rivals fed by fake scoops purchased by the Woodstein investigative duo at The Washington Post.

Definizione dizionario whitewashing

imbiancatura

Altri significati:

(figuratively) The effacement of errors or bad actions.

Present participle of whitewash.

The application of whitewash.