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BRAINWASHING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does brainwashing mean?
• BRAINWASHING (noun)
The noun BRAINWASHING has 1 sense:
1. forcible indoctrination into a new set of attitudes and beliefs
Familiarity information: BRAINWASHING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Forcible indoctrination into a new set of attitudes and beliefs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("brainwashing" is a kind of...):
indoctrination (teaching someone to accept doctrines uncritically)
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