Definition of Brainwash

1. Verb. Persuade completely, often through coercion. "They brainwash him to write the letter"; "The propaganda brainwashed many people"

Generic synonyms: Persuade

2. Verb. Submit to brainwashing; indoctrinate forcibly.
Generic synonyms: Indoctrinate

Definition of Brainwash

1. Noun. An effect upon one's memory, belief, or ideas. ¹

2. Verb. To affect one's mind by using extreme mental pressure or any other mind-affecting process. (i.e. hypnosis) ¹

3. Verb. (context: figuratively dated) To take from an electronically controlled machine its stored-up information; to erase a computer's programming. (1960) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Brainwash

1. [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brainwash

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brainwash (current term)
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Literary usage of Brainwash

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Development of Mathematics in the 19th Century by Felix Klein, Robert Hermann (1979)
"Certainly everything in our system of graduate education is designed to brainwash students along lines that Henry Ford (History is bunk) would have heartily ..."

2. Open Wounds: Human Rights Abuses in Kosovo by Julie Mertus (1993)
"According to him, the Albanians use schools to brainwash their children: They bring up their children with separatist ideas. The next stage, they teach them ..."

3. The Kurds of Turkey: killings, disappearances and torture by Lois Whitman, Helsinki Watch (Organization : U.S.) (1993)
"Police told me, "You people brainwash others as well." The torture in the garage was both psychological and physical. All thirty-two of us slept on a bare ..."

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