sportswashing
sportswashing · sportswashings
The use of sporting events to improve an organization or polity's reputation,…The use of sporting events to improve an organization or polity's reputation, especially to distract from human rights abuses.
Meaning
1 sensesThe use of sporting events to improve an organization or polity's reputation, especially to distract from human rights abuses.
Origin
From sports + -wash + -ing.From sports + -wash + -ing.
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Forms
plural: sportswashings| Singular | sportswashing |
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedsportswash
See also
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