greenwash
noun/ˈɡɹiːnwɒʃ/
Etymology
Blend of green (“environmentally friendly”) + whitewash (or green + -wash), coined by Jay Westerveld in 1986.
- derived from *wed-✻
- inherited from *waskaną,*watskaną✻
- inherited from *waskan✻
- inherited from wascan
- inherited from wasshen,waschen,weschen
Definitions
A false or misleading picture of environmental friendliness used to conceal or obscure…
A false or misleading picture of environmental friendliness used to conceal or obscure damaging activities.
- People can be cynical about companies hiding behind green ideals, their radars finely tuned to detect a greenwash.
- Greta Thunberg has blasted politicians as hypocrites and international climate summits as empty words and greenwash.
To portray with a false or misleading image of environmental friendliness so as to…
To portray with a false or misleading image of environmental friendliness so as to conceal or obscure damaging activities.
- But what happens more often is that media “greenwashes” dirty energy sources (coal, gas, nuclear power) as “clean”—a particularly dangerous notion because it belies the threat they pose to our planet and human health.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for greenwash. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA