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Meaning
Noun
●
In New Zealand English:
A
whitewash
victory
for any New Zealand
national
sporting
team.
●
In Cricket:
A
whitewash
victory
for the West Indies
cricket
team. Started in the 1984–86 "Blackwash"
series
of the West Indian
cricket
team in England in 1984.
●
In Medicine:
A
lotion
made by
mixing
calomel
and limewater.
●
In Mining:
Public
campaigns
and
advertising
funded
by the
coal
industry to
draw attention
away
from
environmentally
unsustainable
practices
or to
justify
exclusion
from
carbon
taxes.
●
In Politics:
A
villainization
campaign.
Verb
●
To
villainize
, to present in a
damaging
light.
●
To
blacken
, to
cover
with a
black
color.
●
To
portray
in a
revisionist
fashion
as
belonging
to a
black
race
of people.
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Origin
blackwash
English
black
English
black
Middle English (1100-1500)
wash
English
washen
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Blackout
Antonyms
Whitewash
Related
Stonewash
Micarta
Cocobolo
Anodization
Southard
Titanium Nitride
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