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humanewash.

To engage in the animal welfare analogue of greenwashing.

10 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. To engage in the animal welfare analogue of greenwashing.

Where this word comes from

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.

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