brainwashing /brain·wash·ing/ (brān´wahsh″ing) any systematic effort aimed at instilling certain attitudes and beliefs in a person against their will, usually beliefs in conflict with prior beliefs and knowledge.
brainwashing,
brainwashing [brān´wahsh-ing]
brain·wash·ing (br n w sh  ng)n. Inducing a person to modify his or her beliefs, attitudes, or behavior by conditioning through various forms of pressure or torture. |
brainwashing,
intensive indoctrination, usually of a political or religious nature, applied to individuals to develop in their minds a specific belief and motivation.
Brainwashing
Any mental manipulation intended to change, and ultimately control, the mind of another person, who is held against his/her volition and subjected to psychologic pressure or torture
brainwashing [brān´wahsh-ing]
any systematic effort aimed at instilling certain attitudes and beliefs in persons against their will, usually beliefs in conflict with their prior beliefs and knowledge. It initially referred to political indoctrination of prisoners of war and political prisoners.
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