sanewashing

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Synonyms: handwashing

Antonyms: handwashing

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Noun

1. The [[practice]] of [[restating]] someone’s [[rhetoric]] to [[render]] it more [[palatable]] or [[acceptable]].
2. The [[attempt]] to [[downplay]] the [[radicality]] of a [[person]] or [[idea]] to [[render]] it more [[palatable]] to the [[general public]].

Verb

1. {{infl of|en|sanewash||ing-form}}

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