English Dictionary

whitewashing

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 比喩的用法 軽蔑的

The application of whitewash. / (figuratively) The effacement of errors or bad actions.

日本語の意味

表面を白く塗る行為、または白いペイントを施すこと。 / 比喩的に、誤りや不正行為を隠す、あるいは修正して見せかける行為。

The whitewashing of the old barn took the workers the whole afternoon.

古い納屋の白塗りには作業員たちが午後いっぱいかかった。

意味（1）

The application of whitewash.

意味（2）

(figuratively) The effacement of errors or bad actions.

Some persons are sincerely incapable of understanding that to denounce mud slinging does not mean the endorsement of whitewashing; and both the interested individuals who need whitewashing and those others who practice mud slinging like to encourage such confusion of ideas.

意味（3）

(derogatory) The process of whitewashing, of making over (a person or character, a group, an event, etc) so that it is or seems more white (Caucasian), for example by applying makeup to a person, or by covering over the participation of people of color in an event and focusing on only white participation.

In both films we see the consolidation of a colonial power structure of Western saviour and African victims. … The director responds that 'the question doesn't even come up' when his whitewashing of black history in ancient Egypt is challenged. Scott and like-minded defenders of racism take the century-long Hollywood whitewashing of African history and heritage as normal. This … is now challenged through audience racism fatigue, alternative narratives of Africa, […]

whitewashings （ plural ）