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brainwashing

The correct spelling is brainwashing.

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noun

Say it like: Bra-ynw-ash-ing

The correct spelling is brainwashing. A form of indoctrination that forces people to abandon their beliefs in favour of another set of beliefs by conditioning through various forms of pressure or torture

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noun

  1. 1.A form of indoctrination that forces people to abandon their beliefs in favour of another set of beliefs by conditioning through various forms of pressure or torture

verb

  1. 1.To affect one's mind by using extreme mental pressure or any other mind-affecting process. (e.g. hypnosis)
  2. 2.To take from an electronically controlled machine its stored-up information; to erase a computer's programming. (1960)

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