Is Brainwashing a Word?

or brain-wash·ing, brain wash·ing
any method of controlled systematic indoctrination, especially one based on repetition or confusion: brainwashing by TV commercials.

What is the correct term for brainwashing?

Brainwashing (also known as mind control, menticide, coercive persuasion, thought control, thought reform, and re-education) is the concept that the human mind can be altered or controlled by certain psychological techniques.

What does brainwashing mean?

Medical Definition of brainwashing

: a forcible indoctrination to induce someone to give up basic political, social, or religious beliefs and attitudes and to accept contrasting regimented ideas. Other Words from brainwashing. brainwash transitive verb.

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