participation-washing
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English
33
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
7
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The strategy or practice by organizations (such as companies and governments) of a process of "hollow" (fake) consultation of citizens or members, despite no (or little) interest in such participation, in order to improve their public image, gather attention and sympathy by creating an illusion of openness.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Participation can be used tokenistically - and ‘participation-washing’ is a common concern in data systems and beyond."
- "Participation washing can take many forms, including practitioners not respecting the needs and ideas of participants, not providing them with clear instructions about what they’ll be expected to contribute or not compensating participants sufficiently."