In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
MENTICIDE
Etymology
Noun
menticide (countable and uncountable, plural menticides)
Brain-washing, conditioning people to abandon their beliefs.
Efforts to destroy the mind or the will of an individual or group of people.
Source: Wiktionary
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CLOG
(verb) fill to excess so that function is impaired; “Fear clogged her mind”; “The story was clogged with too many details”
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