brain-washing
Noun
Meaning
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brain-washing (countable and uncountable, plural brain-washings)
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
Synonyms
programming
mind control
brainwashing
re-education
menticide
thought reform
thought control
coercive persuasion
Examples
Human beings have an inalienable right to invent themselves; when that right is pre-empted it is called brain-washing.