menticide

menticide
\\ˈmentəˌsīd\ noun (-s)
Etymology: menti- + -cide
: a systematic and intentional undermining of a person's conscious mind for the purpose of instilling doubt and replacing that doubt with ideas and attitudes directly inimical to his normal ideas and attitudes by subjecting him to mental and physical torture, extensive interrogation, suggestion, training, and narcotics — compare brainwashing

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  • Menticide — Infobox Single Name = Menticide Artist = Menticide Released = 27 October 2006 Format = Recorded = Genre = EBM / Industrial Length = 10:20 Label = SubSpace (Scandinavia) Writer = Christiaan Riemslag Producer = Menticide is the first official… …   Wikipedia

  • Menticide (band) — Infobox musical artist Name = Menticide Img capt = From L to R: Damm, Riemslag Img size = 141 Background = group or band Alias = Origin = Genre = EBM / Industrial Years active = 2006 present Label = SubSpace (Scandinavia) Infacted (Europe)… …   Wikipedia

  • menticide — /men teuh suyd /, n. the systematic effort to undermine and destroy a person s values and beliefs, as by the use of prolonged interrogation, drugs, torture, etc., and to induce radically different ideas. [1950 55; < L ment (s. of mens) MIND + I + …   Universalium

  • menticide — noun brain washing See Also: menticidal …   Wiktionary

  • menticide — men·ti·cide ment ə .sīd n a systematic and intentional undermining of a person s conscious mind: BRAINWASHING * * * men·ti·cide (menґtĭ sīd) [mental1 + cide] brainwashing …   Medical dictionary

  • menticide — reduction of mind by psychological pressure Killing and Killers …   Phrontistery dictionary

  • menticide — mentɪsaɪd n. brain washing, systematic replacement of a person s beliefs …   English contemporary dictionary

  • menticide — men·ti·cide …   English syllables

  • N.M.E. — Infobox Album | Name = N.M.E. Type = Album Artist = Menticide Released = 30 May 2007 (SubSpace) 1 June 2007 (Infacted) 1 October (Gravitator) Genre = EBM / Industrial Length = 36:24 Label = SubSpace (Scandinavia) Infacted (Europe) Gravitator… …   Wikipedia

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