To rewrite the history of a person or group so that their negative aspects are overemphasized and their positive contributions are respun as faults. Typically includes casting them as racists.
"Groups of people are demanding the removal of the Lincoln Memorial, claiming he was a racist who hated Native Americans and only freed the slaves so that plantation owners would no longer have to be responsible for feeding them. He's been hatewashed".
by Plumbus-deflockulator January 14, 2022