Whitewash
Whitewash, or calcimine, kalsomine, calsomine, or lime paint is a type of paint made from slaked lime (calcium hydroxide, Ca(OH)2) or chalk calcium carbonate, (CaCO3), sometimes known as "whiting". Various other additives are sometimes used.
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is a paint-like covering of hydrated lime or a cheap white paint.
Whitewash may also refer to:
Government and law
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Whitewashing (censorship)
Whitewashing is the act of glossing over or covering up vices, crimes or scandals or exonerating by means of a perfunctory investigation or biased presentation of data."Whitewash", Encyclopædia Britannica, 2003 DVD Ultimate reference suite.
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, a term for censorship
* Whitewash procedure, in shareholder law, a legal procedure regarding
financial assistance
Arts and entertainment
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''Whitewash'' (1994 film), an American television animated short film
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''White Wash'' (film), a 2011 American documentary film
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''Whitewash'' (2013 film), a Canadian drama film
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''Whitewash'' (book), a 2017 nonfiction book by Carey Gillam
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Whitewash (sport)
In sport, a whitewash or sweep is a series in which a person or team wins every game.
Usage by sport Baseball
In Major League Baseball, teams typically play multiple games against each other; if one team wins all the games in that series, it is ...
, a sports series in which one side wins every contest
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Whitewashing (beauty)
Whitewashing in beauty is a phenomenon in the intersection of the fashion industry, digital photography, mass media, marketing and advertising. It describes a situation in which the skin tone of non-white people – when depicted in magazine cover ...
, modifying the skin tones of photographs of nonwhite people in mass media
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Whitewashing in film
Whitewashing is a casting practice in the film industry in which white actors are cast in non-white roles. As defined by Merriam-Webster, to whitewash is "to alter...in a way that favors, features, or caters to white people: such as...casting a ...
, the practice of casting white actors in non-white roles
* Whitewash Jones, a racist caricature from the 1940s comic book ''
Young Allies Young Allies, in comics, may refer to one of the following superhero teams:
* Young Allies (DC Comics), a team made up of young heroes from the Allies and featured in a story arc in ''Young All-Stars'' published by DC Comics.
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Blanqueamiento
Blanqueamiento, branqueamento, or whitening, is a social, political, and economic practice used in many post-colonial countries in the Americas and Oceania to "improve the race" (''mejorar la raza'') towards a supposed ideal of whiteness. The ...
, branqueamento, or "whitening", a social practice in many post-colonial countries to "improve the race" towards a supposed ideal of whiteness
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Racial whitening
Racial whitening, or "whitening" ('' branqueamento''), is an ideology that was widely accepted in Brazil between 1889 and 1914, as the solution to the "Negro problem".Skidmore, Thomas. Black Into White: Race and Nationality in Brazilian Though ...
, branqueamento in Brazil between 1889 and 1914
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Shutout
In team sports, a shutout ( US) or clean sheet ( UK) is a game in which one team prevents the other from scoring any points. While possible in most major sports, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketball.
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, a sports contest in which one side prevents the other from scoring any points
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thickening agent
A thickening agent or thickener is a substance which can increase the viscosity of a liquid without substantially changing its other properties. Edible thickeners are commonly used to thicken sauces, soups, and puddings without altering the ...
used in cooking, flour blended with water to make a paste.
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