brainwashing
A form of indoctrination that forces people to abandon their beliefs in favour of…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.
» Some people think that advertising is a form of brainwashing.
Einige halten die Werbung für eine Form der Gehirnwäsche.
Некоторые люди думают, что реклама - это один из видов промывки мозгов.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)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.
Gehirnwäsche, Hirnwäsche, Mentizid
промыва́ние мозго́вpromyvánije mozgóv
промива́ння мі́зківpromyvánnja mízkiv
forcible indoctrination into a new set of attitudes and beliefs
Examples
3 sentencesSome people think that advertising is a form of brainwashing.
ruНекоторые люди думают, что реклама - это один из видов промывки мозгов. — astyng
deEinige halten die Werbung für eine Form der Gehirnwäsche. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
What the media does is nothing but brainwashing.
Noam Chomsky summed up brainwashing in ten points.
Translations
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Origin
Calque of Chinese 洗腦 /洗脑 (xǐnǎo, literally “wash brain”). First use appears c. 1950.Calque of Chinese 洗腦 /洗脑 (xǐnǎo, literally “wash brain”). First use appears c. 1950.
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Forms
plural: brainwashingsSynonyms
7 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable