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greenwashing

noun

Etymology

Blend of green + whitewashing (or green + -wash + -ing).

  1. derived from *wed-✻
  2. inherited from *waskaną,*watskaną✻
  3. inherited from *waskan✻
  4. inherited from wascan
  5. inherited from wasshen,waschen,weschen
  6. compounded as whitewash — “white + wash”
  7. suffixed as whitewashing — “whitewash + ing”
  8. compounded as greenwashing — “green + whitewashing”

Definitions

  1. The practice by people, organizations and states of presenting themselves as…

    The practice by people, organizations and states of presenting themselves as environmentally-friendly and progressive in order to disguise or divert attention away from their actual environmentally damaging behavior.

    • Fossil fuel lobbyists are trying to water down planned EU rules to stop “investment greenwashing’ by setting science-based criteria for any investment which lays claim to being environmentally sustainable.
    • It's not greenwashing - it makes sense for a whole load of reasons. It demonstrates that we are not just accepting that we have to use diesel for years to come.
    • In fact, no legal definition for “nontoxic” or “ceramic” exists, and the marketing has drawn greenwashing accusations exacerbated by the companies concealing their pans’ ingredients.

  2. present participle and gerund of greenwash

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for greenwashing. 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