Betydelse av whitewashing på svenska

• 0 an attempt to stop people finding out the true facts about a situation:

  • This is a politically correct whitewashing of the region's troubles.

• 1 the practice of using only white actors, models, or performers, especially the practice of using a white actor to play a character who is not white:

  • Her casting to play a Native American character led to accusations of whitewashing.

• 2 a severe defeat, especially one in which the defeated player or team does not score any points:

  • The team has shown encouraging signs of progress since their Six Nations whitewashing.

• 3 the action of painting walls or buildings using whitewash (= a white liquid):

  • The vandals should pay for whitewashing of the walls.