sanewash
verb/ˈseɪnwɒʃ/
Etymology
Definitions
To restate one’s perspective to seem more palatable or acceptable.
- It also represents a good example of "sanewashing,” an internet term that refers to the process through which radical ideas are gradually watered down to be more appealing to the wider public.
To present someone's apparently crazy rantings as sensible discourse by editing out the…
To present someone's apparently crazy rantings as sensible discourse by editing out the bizarre portions or summarizing them with a more coherent interpretation.
- This “sanewashing” of Trump’s statements isn’t just poor journalism; it’s a form of misinformation that poses a threat to democracy.
- President Donald Trump's rhetoric and ideas are being "sanewashed" by the mainstream media as they pull selective quotes from his speeches and mask otherwise obvious extremism, argued Jon Allsop for the Columbia Journalism Review.
- He essentially sounded the same as he does at his rallies — except that this time TV viewers experienced his ranting raw, not sanewashed by summaries that make him sound more coherent than he is.
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Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for sanewash. 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