Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to pinkwash
Participle: pinkwashed
Gerund: pinkwashing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | pinkwash |
| you | pinkwash |
| he;she;it | pinkwashes |
| we | pinkwash |
| you | pinkwash |
| they | pinkwash |
Perfect
| I | have pinkwashed |
| you | have pinkwashed |
| he;she;it | has pinkwashed |
| we | have pinkwashed |
| you | have pinkwashed |
| they | have pinkwashed |
Past
| I | pinkwashed |
| you | pinkwashed |
| he;she;it | pinkwashed |
| we | pinkwashed |
| you | pinkwashed |
| they | pinkwashed |
Pluperfect
| I | had pinkwashed |
| you | had pinkwashed |
| he;she;it | had pinkwashed |
| we | had pinkwashed |
| you | had pinkwashed |
| they | had pinkwashed |
Future
| I | will pinkwash |
| you | will pinkwash |
| he;she;it | will pinkwash |
| we | will pinkwash |
| you | will pinkwash |
| they | will pinkwash |
Future Perfect
| I | will have pinkwashed |
| you | will have pinkwashed |
| he;she;it | will have pinkwashed |
| we | will have pinkwashed |
| you | will have pinkwashed |
| they | will have pinkwashed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | pinkwash |
| you | pinkwash |
| he;she;it | pinkwash |
| we | pinkwash |
| you | pinkwash |
| they | pinkwash |
Perfect
| I | have pinkwashed |
| you | have pinkwashed |
| he;she;it | have pinkwashed |
| we | have pinkwashed |
| you | have pinkwashed |
| they | have pinkwashed |
Imperfect
| I | pinkwashed |
| you | pinkwashed |
| he;she;it | pinkwashed |
| we | pinkwashed |
| you | pinkwashed |
| they | pinkwashed |
Pluperfect
| I | had pinkwashed |
| you | had pinkwashed |
| he;she;it | had pinkwashed |
| we | had pinkwashed |
| you | had pinkwashed |
| they | had pinkwashed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would pinkwash |
| you | would pinkwash |
| he;she;it | would pinkwash |
| we | would pinkwash |
| you | would pinkwash |
| they | would pinkwash |
Perfect
| I | would have pinkwashed |
| you | would have pinkwashed |
| he;she;it | would have pinkwashed |
| we | would have pinkwashed |
| you | would have pinkwashed |
| they | would have pinkwashed |
Imperative
| you | pinkwash |
| we | Let's pinkwash |
| you | pinkwash |
Verbs conjugated like 'pinkwash'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'pinkwash'
backwash,
ciswash,
limewash,
prewash,
airdash,
backlash,
bewash,
blackwash,
bluewash,
boil-wash,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From pink + -wash.
Sample Sentences
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[…] I see, twenty yards away, workmen pinkwashing the newly laid, badly stained, cheap-looking brick cladding of a newly built apartment house called — well, something ridiculous: Nepal, let's say. [1986 December 29, Susan Lardner, “Lotus Blossum”, in The New Yorker:]
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They see such corporate involvement as exploitation, making profits on the backs of ill women. […] They claim these campaigns trivialize the disease, "pinkwashing" its real nature. [2008, Penelope Williams, Breast Cancer: Biography of an Illness, BPS Books, published 2008, →ISBN, page 162:]
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Gayle Sulik, sociologist and author of "Pink Ribbon Blues", said pinkwashing is only the beginning of how "breast cancer culture" undermines women's health. [2012 February 15, Karen McVeigh, “Susan G Komen's 'pinkwashing' problem a black mark on charity”, in The Guardian:]
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Pinkwashing not only manipulates the hard-won gains of Israel’s gay community, but it also ignores the existence of Palestinian gay-rights organizations. [2011 November 22, Sarah Schulman, “Israel and ‘Pinkwashing’”, in New York Times:]
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Critics say Israel is 'pinkwashing' its practices vis-a-vis the Palestinians by emphasizing its good record on gay rights. [2012, "Seattle LGBT commission cancels meeting with Israeli gays over treatment of Palestinians", The Times of Israel, 21 March 2012 (article tagline)]