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brainwashing
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brainwashing /brain·wash·ing/ (bran´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.
brain·wash·ing (brnwshng)
n.
Inducing a person to modify his or her beliefs, attitudes, or behavior by conditioning through various forms of pressure or torture.
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Just trying to brainwash the public into thinking what we do actually is legal.
What we do is secret by B., Hank / Thrasher
One example: French scientists discovered that a tiny worm can brainwash a cricket into taking a deadly swim.
Alien invasion by Chiang, Mona / Science World
We narrow-minded bucolic folk on the farm, a little hard to brainwash are we?
TV generation by Pike, Christine / Anglican Journal
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