Synonyms for brainwashing

Grammar : Noun

Spell : breyn-wosh-ing, -waw-shing

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbreɪnˌwɒʃ ɪŋ, -ˌwɔ ʃɪŋ

Définition of brainwashing

Origin : 1950, a literal translation of Chinese xi nao. A term from the Korean War.

noun indoctrination

Example sentences :

"They certainly did a good job of brainwashing you, boy," Osmond sighed.
Extract from : « The Blue Tower » by Evelyn E. Smith

But the targets of this brainwashing will do well to look to their Central European neighbours for an antidote.
Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin

The Lhari don't watch me too closely—they figure that anything I do they'll catch in the brainwashing.
Extract from : « The Colors of Space » by Marion Zimmer Bradley

They should have done a better job of brainwashing, if they expected him to skulk in like a scared rabbit!
Extract from : « The Colors of Space » by Marion Zimmer Bradley

The world was going to be run by telepaths, psychosis eliminated by brainwashing, intellect developed by hypnotic suggestion.
Extract from : « This Crowded Earth » by Robert Bloch

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