Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

openwash

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: open-wash
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To market something as open (without proprietary licensing) when it does not meet all the criteria of openness.

Example Sentences

"Over all, one cannot reduce the skills needed for collaboration to skills in joint publishing. On the other hand, the collaborative skills needed should still be knowledge skills, so the aim is to not 'openwash' the knowledge processes."
"Perhaps we should change tack: instead of talking about opening up education, which is in effect leading to many attempts to outsource education to (quasi-)commercial organizations who “openwash” their activities, shouldn't we aim to develop an educational rendering of openness"
"In the sector of information and knowledge production, some publishers openwash by making proprietary content accessible ahead of publication or by arbitrarily distributing digital copies of published Versions of Record to authors that are for personal use."

Etymology

Blend of open + greenwash.

Inflected Forms

openwashes (present, singular) openwashing (participle, present) openwashed (participle, past) openwashed (past) open-wash (alternative) open wash (alternative)

Questions

What does openwash mean?: To market something as open (without proprietary licensing) when it does not meet all the criteria of openness.
Where does openwash come from?: Blend of open + greenwash.

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