Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
BRAINWASHING
brainwashing
(noun) forcible indoctrination into a new set of attitudes and beliefs
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
brainwashing (countable and uncountable, plural brainwashings)
Alternative spelling of brain-washing
Verb
brainwashing
present participle of brainwash
Source: Wiktionary
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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