BRAIN-WASH

Look at other dictionaries:

• brain´wash´er — brain|wash «BRAYN WOSH, WSH», verb, noun. –v.t. to subject to brainwashing; indoctrinate. –n. the act or process of brainwashing: »the brainwash of war prisoners. –brain´wash´er, noun …   Useful english dictionary

• brain|wash — «BRAYN WOSH, WSH», verb, noun. –v.t. to subject to brainwashing; indoctrinate. –n. the act or process of brainwashing: »the brainwash of war prisoners. –brain´wash´er, noun …   Useful english dictionary

• brain|wash|ing — «BRAYN WOSH ihng, WSH », noun. a process of systematically, forcibly, and intensively indoctrinating a person to destroy or weaken his beliefs and ideas, so that he becomes willing to accept different or opposite beliefs and ideas …   Useful english dictionary

• brain wash — indoctrinate so thoroughly as to effect a radical change of ideas or beliefs …   English contemporary dictionary

• brain·wash — …   Useful english dictionary

• Pinky and the Brain — Genre Comedy Satire Format Animated series …   Wikipedia

• brainwash — brain|wash [ breın,waʃ ] verb transitive often passive to force someone to accept a particular set of beliefs by repeating the same idea many times so that the person cannot think in an independent way: Her father said she had been brainwashed by …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• brainwash — brain•wash [[t]ˈbreɪnˌwɒʃ, ˌwɔʃ[/t]] v. t. 1) to subject to brainwashing 2) the process of brainwashing 3) a subjection to brainwashing • Etymology: 1950–55 brain′wash er, n …   From formal English to slang

• brainwash — brain|wash [ˈbreınwɔʃ US wo:ʃ, wa:ʃ] v [T] to make someone believe something that is not true, by using force, confusing them, or continuously repeating it over a long period of time ▪ Young people are being brainwashed by this religious group.… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• brainwashing — brain•wash•ing [[t]ˈbreɪnˌwɒʃ ɪŋ, ˌwɔ ʃɪŋ[/t]] n. 1) a method for systematically changing attitudes or altering beliefs, esp. through the use of torture, drugs, or psychological stress techniques 2) any method of controlled systematic… …   From formal English to slang