sanewash

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To restate one’s perspective to seem more palatable or acceptable. intransitive,transitive
    — You can try to sanewash these claims as merely urging researchers to examine their own biases and try to include the perspectives of people outside the research community. But that would require a willful misreading of a document that all but declares research has to affirm a left-wing perspective.
  2. To present someone's apparently crazy rantings as sensible discourse by editing out the bizarre portions or summarizing them with a more coherent interpretation. transitive
    — This “sanewashing” of Trump’s statements isn’t just poor journalism; it’s a form of misinformation that poses a threat to democracy.

词形变化

sanewashes present,singular,third-person sanewashing participle,present sanewashed participle,past sanewashed past

词汇关系

衍生词
sanewasher

词源

From sane + -wash.
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