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brainwash
[breyn-wosh, -wawsh]
verb (used with object)
to cause (someone) to undergo brainwashing.
noun
the process of brainwashing.
a subjection to brainwashing.
brainwash
/ ˈɪˌɒʃ /
verb
(tr) to effect a radical change in the ideas and beliefs of (a person), esp by methods based on isolation, sleeplessness, hunger, extreme discomfort, pain, and the alternation of kindness and cruelty
Other Word Forms
- brainwasher noun
- ˈˌɲ noun
- ˈˌɲԲ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of brainwash1
Example Sentences
When she first got home after leaving the JYP mansion, she says, she felt “brainwashed” and like she “would never be able to make it in the music industry again.”
Rather than brainwashing us, the objective of the totalitarian is to bludgeon us into apathy, resignation and passivity.
How likely is it that the government is suppressing evidence that vaccines kill, or that the entire field of climate science is brainwashed, part of a vast conspiracy, or just plain wrong?
The idea that someone could be brainwashed to the point of self-destruction shook the public to its core.
A sex cult leader who brainwashed and abused children can be moved to an open prison, the Parole Board has said.
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