Timeline for A word like "engooden", for converting something from negative to positive
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| Dec 6, 2012 at 21:44 | comment | added | Jay | @dan Quite true. I was trying to say that the word you would use could depend on your opinion of the validity of the effort. If you think the person is just trying to cover up his own bad deeds, then you might call it a whitewash. If you think the person's position that X is really good is correct or at least defensible, than this would not be an appropriate word. | |
| Dec 6, 2012 at 15:22 | comment | added | rosends | whitewash seems to indicate that the attempt is a cynical attempt to cover over a known negative, not, in the subject's sincere perception, re-present the negative as a positive (even if not for persuasive reasons). | |
| Dec 6, 2012 at 15:16 | history | answered | Jay | CC BY-SA 3.0 |