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brainwash

or brain-wash, brain wash

[ breyn-wosh, -wawsh ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to cause (someone) to undergo brainwashing.


noun

  1. the process of brainwashing.
  2. a subjection to brainwashing.

brainwash

/ ˈ²ú°ù±ðɪ²ÔËŒ·Éɒʃ /

verb

  1. 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²ú°ù²¹¾±²ÔËŒ·É²¹²õ³ó±ð°ù, noun
  • ˈ²ú°ù²¹¾±²ÔËŒ·É²¹²õ³ó¾±²Ô²µ, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²ú°ù²¹¾±²Ôw²¹²õ³óe°ù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of brainwash1

First recorded in 1950–55; back formation from brainwashing
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Example Sentences

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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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Victims said the group used occult writings and practices to "brainwash" them and justify their abuse.

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While acknowledging that there are still some loose threads to this theory, O’Neill suggests that Manson possibly had connections to secret government programs researching mind control and brainwashing, such as the CIA’s project MKUltra.

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In October 2018, Mrs Higgs shared two posts to Facebook to about 100 friends under her maiden name, one of which referred to "brainwashing our children".

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“I’d been brainwashed for a long time about prison politics and how all this comes first,†he testified last week in a Fresno courtroom.

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