brainwash (verb)

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• brainwash — ► VERB ▪ subject (someone) to a prolonged process to transform their attitudes and beliefs totally …   English terms dictionary

• brainwash — verb (T) to make someone believe something that is not true, by using force, confusing them, or continuously repeating it over a long period of time: Young people are being brainwashed by this religious group. | brainwash sb into doing sth:… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• brainwash — verb indoctrinate systemically and so completely as to effect a radical transformation of attitudes and beliefs …   English new terms dictionary

• brainwash — UK [ˈbreɪnˌwɒʃ] / US [ˈbreɪnˌwɑʃ] verb [transitive, often passive] Word forms brainwash : present tense I/you/we/they brainwash he/she/it brainwashes present participle brainwashing past tense brainwashed past participle brainwashed to force… …   English dictionary

• brainwash — [[t]bre͟ɪnwɒʃ[/t]] brainwashes, brainwashing, brainwashed VERB If you brainwash someone, you force them to believe something by continually telling them that it is true, and preventing them from thinking about it properly. [V n into ing] They… …   English dictionary

• brainwash — brain|wash [ breın,waʃ ] verb transitive often passive to force someone to accept a particular set of beliefs by repeating the same idea many times so that the person cannot think in an independent way: Her father said she had been brainwashed by …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• brainwash — I. transitive verb see brainwashing II. noun see brainwashing …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• brainwash — 1. noun /ˈbreɪnwɒʃ/ An effect upon ones memory, belief, or ideas. 2. verb /ˈbreɪnwɒʃ/ a) To affect ones mind by using extreme mental pressure or any other mind effecting process. (i.e. hypnosis) b) To take from an electronically controlled… …   Wiktionary

• brainwash — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. [counter] indoctrinate, misinform. See deception, falsehood. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. indoctrinate, instill, program, catechize; see convince , influence , teach 1 , 2 . III (Roget s 3… …   English dictionary for students

• brainwash — [ˈbreɪnˌwɒʃ] verb [T] to force someone to accept an idea by repeating it many times brainwashing noun [U] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• brainwash — /ˈbreɪnwɒʃ/ (say braynwosh) verb (t) to indoctrinate by brainwashing. {backformation from brainwashing} –brainwasher, noun …