open washing
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.11 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "As a university we have for the most part stayed away from organizations and efforts that we perceive as “fauxpen” or engaging in “open washing”."
- "Many cultural institutions making the move towards open practice struggle with the challenges of securing high-level 'buy-in' to support such initiatives; this case study also considers the institutional risks of 'open washing' and neglecting staff development in this area."
- "However, as with the environmentalism movement and the phenomenon of greenwashing, we are increasingly witnessing something that has been referred to as "open washing" (Openwashing, n.d.) or sometimes "faux-pen" (Searls, 2009). In simple terms, open washing involves a company using the language of open education to dress up what is otherwise a traditional, proprietary practice."