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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
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
brainwashing — Inducing a person to modify attitudes and behavior in certain directions through various forms of psychological pressure or torture. * * * brain·wash·ing brān .wȯsh iŋ, .wäsh n a forcible indoctrination to induce someone to give up basic… … Medical dictionary
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