sanewashing

American

[sayn-wahsh-ing] / ˈseɪnˌwɑʃ ɪŋ /

noun

the act or practice, especially in the media, of trying to make actions seem sane and normal when they are not.

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Malignant normality has much overlap with the term “sanewashing.”

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