sanewashing
The practice of restating someone’s rhetoric to render it more palatable or acceptableThe practice of restating someone’s rhetoric to render it more palatable or acceptable.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)The practice of restating someone’s rhetoric to render it more palatable or acceptable.
(uncountable)The attempt to downplay the radicality of a person or idea to render it more palatable to the general public.
Origin
From sane + -wash + -ing.From sane + -wash + -ing.
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedsanitize
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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