unwhitewashed
Left visibly flawed
Unwhitewashed describes something that hasn't been covered up, sanitized, or made to appear more innocent than it is.
The term comes from whitewash—a cheap white coating applied to walls, and figuratively, any attempt to conceal unpleasant facts.
An unwhitewashed account of history presents events honestly, including uncomfortable truths: The documentary offered an unwhitewashed look at the regime's atrocities.
Without embellishment or coating
- candidHonest and direct
- frankOpen and direct
- bluntDull or tactlessly direct
- forthrightDirectly honest in manner
honest · transparent · direct · truthful · straightforward · unflinching · unsparing · unfiltered
Truly what it claims
- originalFirst or inventive
- unadulteratedCompletely unmixed, genuine
- unalteredNot modified whatsoever
- trueAccurate or loyal
real · faithful · legitimate · accurate · undistorted · unfalsified · unrevised · preserved
Not yet corrected
- uncensoredWithout removed content
- unsanitizedNot cleaned of contaminants
- decolonizedFreed from colonial rule
- unromanticizedShown as actually is
unglorified · demythologized · unflattering · critical · revisionist · postcolonial · reckoning · truth-telling
unvarnished
Without embellishment or coating
forthright · honest · transparent · direct · truthful · straightforward · unflinching · unsparing · unfiltered · uncensored
genuine
Truly what it claims
- originalFirst or inventive
- unadulteratedCompletely unmixed, genuine
- unalteredNot modified whatsoever
true · real · faithful · legitimate · accurate · undistorted · unfalsified · unrevised · preserved · intact
unrevised
Not yet corrected
- uncensoredWithout removed content
- unsanitizedNot cleaned of contaminants
- decolonizedFreed from colonial rule
unromanticized · unglorified · demythologized · unflattering · critical · revisionist · postcolonial · reckoning · truth-telling · acknowledgment
unwhitewashedwhitewashed
Concealed with false appearance
sanitized · prettified · sugar-coated · bowdlerized · glossed over
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