brainwash
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brainwash
- /ˈbɹeɪnwɒʃ/
Rhymes with -eɪnwɒʃ
Where it comes from
From brain + wash, a calque of Chinese 洗腦 /洗脑 (xǐnǎo), literally to wash the brain. Usage via U.S. military during the Korean War.
noun brainwashes · brain-wash · brain wash
- A distorting effect upon one's memory, belief, or ideas, as by propaganda.
verb brainwashes · brainwashing · brainwashed · brain-wash · brain wash
- 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!
- To take from an electronically controlled machine its stored-up information; to erase a computer's programming. (1960)
- To persuade completely and forcibly. The news media brainwashed many people.
Translations
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noun form of indoctrination
| Español | lavado de cerebro, comedura de coco |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 세뇌 senoe |
| 日本語 | 洗脳 sennō |
| 中文 | 洗腦 /洗脑 xǐnǎo |
| Português | lavagem cerebral |
| Français | lavage de cerveau |
| Deutsch | Gehirnwäsche, Hirnwäsche, Mentizid |
| Italiano | lavaggio del cervello |
| Ελληνικά | πλύση εγκεφάλου plýsi egkefálou |
| Română | spălare a creierului |
| Русский | промыва́ние мозго́в promyvánije mozgóv |
| Tiếng Việt | tẩy não |
| العربية | غَسِيل دِمَاغ ḡasīl dimāḡ, غَسِيل مُخّ ḡasīl muḵḵ |
| עברית | שטיפת מוח \ שְׁטִיפַת מוֹחַ shtifát móakh |
verb to affect one's mind
| Español | lavar el cerebro |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 세뇌하다 senoehada |
| 日本語 | 洗脳する sennō suru |
| 中文 | 洗腦 /洗脑 xǐnǎo |
| Kiswahili | fua bongo |
| Português | fazer lavagem cerebral em |
| Français | décerveler, laver le cerveau, bourrer le crâne |
| Deutsch | einer Gehirnwäsche unterziehen, gehirnwaschen |
| Italiano | fare il lavaggio del cervello |
| Română | spăla creier |
| Русский | промыва́ть мозги́ promyvátʹ mozgí, промы́ть мозги́ promýtʹ mozgí, зомби́ровать zombírovatʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | tẩy não |
| العربية | ّغَسَلَ المُخ ḡasala l-muḵḵ |
| עברית | שָׁטַף מֹחַ shatáf móakh |
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title = {brainwash},
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