Sekirov Dictionary

brainwash

/ˈbɹeɪnwɒʃ/

verb 3
noun 1
forms 3

verb3

•
To affect one's mind by using extreme mental pressure or any other mind-affecting process. (e.g. hypnosis)
- Toph can't tell who's lying becaue they both think they're telling the truth. Jet's been brainwashed! — 2006
•
To persuade completely and forcibly.
- The news media brainwashed many people.
(figurative, old-fashioned) To take from an electronically controlled machine its stored-up information; to erase a computer's programming. (1960)

noun1

A distorting effect upon one's memory, belief, or ideas, as by propaganda.

forms

brainwashed · brainwashing · brainwashes

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