blackwashing
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blackwashing
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From blackwash + -ing.
noun
- The revisionist portrayal of something as belonging to a black race of people. If Pindell opposes the 'whitewashing' of history, then Walker's is a revisionist blackwashing.
- The application of a coating of blackwash. The blackwashing is here to be the very last operation, and to be well performed, and when dry must be polished by a large sleeker fitting the circle of the cylinder.
- The revisionist portrayal of something as evil. Historical writing proliferates in examples of tendentious accounts of national history, where the “whitewashing” of one history goes hand in hand with the “blackwashing” of another.
Opposite: whitewashing
verb
- present participle and gerund of blackwash
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noun
Opposite: whitewashing
Talk about this word "blackwashing." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/blackwashing. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. blackwashing. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/blackwashing "blackwashing." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/blackwashing.Cite this
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title = {blackwashing},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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