Greenwash

Quick meaning: Greenwash is a noun meaning A false or misleading picture of environmental friendliness used to conceal or obscure damaging activities.

Meaning

A false or misleading picture of environmental friendliness used to conceal or obscure damaging activities.

More Meanings

1. (transitive, intransitive) To portray with a false or misleading image of environmental friendliness so as to conceal or obscure damaging activities.

Example Sentences

People can be cynical about companies hiding behind green ideals, their radars finely tuned to detect a greenwash.

Greta Thunberg has blasted politicians as hypocrites and international climate summits as empty words and greenwash.

But what happens more often is that media “greenwashes” dirty energy sources (coal, gas, nuclear power) as “clean”—a particularly dangerous notion because it belies the threat they pose to our planet and human health.

WWF recommends including the following Clauses in the Bill to avoid potential loopholes: […] Provide clear and comprehensive definitions of “disposable” and “single-use” to avoid greenwashing and false claims for products designed to be disposable but falsely marketed otherwise to circumvent the ban.

Word Forms

• greenwashes
• greenwashing
• greenwashed

Synonyms for greenwash

Depending on context, synonyms include greenwashing.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ecopornography, greenscamming, whitewash, brandwash, whitewashing, autonowashing.

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