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- Chinese · calque of洗腦 /洗脑
- English todaybrainwashing
Calque of Chinese 洗腦 /洗脑 (xǐnǎo, literally “wash brain”). First use appears c. 1950.
Words from the same roots
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brainwashing
Today it means: A form of indoctrination that forces people to abandon their beliefs in favour of another set of beliefs by conditioning through various forms of pressure or torture. Full definition →
Chinese 洗腦 /洗脑