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purplewash

purplewash verb: to associate with feminism publicly to cover up actual non-feminist or anti-feminist goals.

Verb

purplewash (third-person singular simple present purplewashes, present participle purplewashing, simple past and past participle purplewashed)

  1. (transitive) To associate with feminism publicly to cover up actual non-feminist or anti-feminist goals.

Forms of purplewash

third-person singular presentpurplewashes
present participlepurplewashing
past participlepurplewashed
pastpurplewashed

Origin of purplewash

From purple + -wash.

Questions about purplewash

What does purplewash mean?
Purplewash means to associate with feminism publicly to cover up actual non-feminist or anti-feminist goals.
What part of speech is purplewash?
Purplewash is a verb.
What is the past tense of purplewash?
The past tense of purplewash is purplewashed.

Words near purplewash in the dictionary

  1. purpletops
  2. purplette
  3. purplettes
  4. purpletuft
  5. purpletufts
  6. purplewash
  7. purplewashed
  8. purplewashes
  9. purplewashing
  10. purplewood
  11. purplewoods

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