Is Indoctrination Same as Brainwashing?

As verbs the difference between brainwash and indoctrinate
is that brainwash is to affect one's mind by using extreme mental pressure or any other mind-affecting process (ie hypnosis) while indoctrinate is to teach with a biased, one-sided or uncritical ideology.

What is a brainwashing called?

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 is an example of indoctrination?

To teach with a biased, one-sided or uncritical ideology. The definition of indoctrinate is to teach a particular viewpoint. An example of indoctrinate is to teach your children your religious beliefs. ... Children who had been indoctrinated against their parents' values.

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