humanewash

== English == === Etymology === From humane +‎ wash, following the established pattern of greenwash, pinkwash, and similar forms (which came ultimately from the figurative-extension sense of whitewash as "to slap a paintjob over the truth to hide it and to give a specious nice appearance"); this form also rhymes with brainwash, as does sustainwash. === Verb === humanewash (third-person singular simple present humanewashes, present participle humanewashing, simple past and past participle humanewashed) To engage in the humaneness (animal welfare) analogue of greenwashing. Coordinate terms: bluewash, redwash, brownwash, whitewash, greenwash; sustainwash ==== Related terms ====