Brainwash meaning
To affect one's mind by using extreme mental pressure or any other mind-affecting process. (i.e. hypnosis)
verb
To indoctrinate so intensively and thoroughly as to effect a radical transformation of beliefs and mental attitudes.
verb
To brainwash is to change someone's beliefs or attitudes using intense teaching and indoctrination.
An example of brainwash is to lock new religious converts in a room and teach them the details of a religion without allowing access to the outside world.
verb
To subject to brainwashing.
verb
The process or an instance of brainwashing.
noun
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To subject to brainwashing.
verb
The process or an instance of brainwashing.
noun
An effect upon one's memory, belief, or ideas.
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(figuratively, dated) To take from an electronically controlled machine its stored-up information; to erase a computer's programming. (1960)
verb