BRAINWASH

brainwash

(verb) submit to brainwashing; indoctrinate forcibly

brainwash

(verb) persuade completely, often through coercion; “The propaganda brainwashed many people”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

brainwash (uncountable)

A distorting effect upon one's memory, belief, or ideas, as by propaganda.

Verb

brainwash (third-person singular simple present brainwashes, present participle brainwashing, simple past and past participle brainwashed)

To affect one's mind by using extreme mental pressure or any other mind-affecting process. (e.g. hypnosis)

(figuratively, dated) To take from an electronically controlled machine its stored-up information; to erase a computer's programming. (1960)

Source: Wiktionary



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