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healthwashing

healthwashing noun: the practice of disguising a food’s low nutritional value by using marketing buzzwords or misleading labels. Also the present participle and gerund of healthwash.

Noun

healthwashing (uncountable)

  1. The practice of disguising a food’s low nutritional value by using marketing buzzwords or misleading labels.

Also used as

healthwashing is also the present participle and gerund of healthwash.

Origin of healthwashing

From health + -wash + -ing.

Questions about healthwashing

What does healthwashing mean?
Healthwashing means the practice of disguising a food’s low nutritional value by using marketing buzzwords or misleading labels.
What part of speech is healthwashing?
Healthwashing is a noun.

Words near healthwashing in the dictionary

  1. healthspans
  2. healthward
  3. healthwash
  4. healthwashed
  5. healthwashes
  6. healthwashing
  7. healthwise
  8. healthworker
  9. healthworkers
  10. healthy
  11. healthy as a horse

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