brain-washing

A form of brainwashing — 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.

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Meanings

nounbrain-washing (countable and uncountable, plural brain-washings)

plural brain-washings

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of brainwashing.
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