brainwash
pronunciation
How to pronounce brainwash in British English:
UK [ˈbreɪnwɒʃ]
How to pronounce brainwash in American English:
US [ˈbreɪnwɑʃ]
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- Verb:
- persuade completely, often through coercion
- submit to brainwashing; indoctrinate forcibly
Word Origin
- brainwash (v.)
- 1955 (past participle adjective brainwashed attested from 1953); see brainwashing.
Example
- 1. You want to brainwash them with opiates for the masses and then take their stuff ?
- 2. In a country where party officials and tiger mothers compete to brainwash youth , he escaped both .
- 3. Brainwash is a history of the methods intended to destroy and reconstruct the minds of captives , to extract information , convert dissidents , and lead peaceful men to kill and be killed .
- 4. The lawsuit contends that these people , along with other domestic staff , allegedly conspired to isolate ms. posner from family members , proceeding to ' brainwash ' her into believing her son was out to kill her and only the staff could be trusted .
- 5. Since then she has largely stuck to her pacifist beliefs , giving writing seminars to war veterans to " help them think about what they 're doing , what 's going on in the world and what 's going on in their conscience " though she quickly adds that she 's not out to brainwash anyone .