"brain-washing" meaning in English

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Noun

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Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} brain-washing (countable and uncountable, plural brain-washings)
  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 Wikipedia link: brain-washing Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: coercive persuasion, mind control, menticide, programming, re-education, thought control, thought reform, brainwashing Translations (form of indoctrination): غَسِيل دِمَاغ (ḡasīl dimāḡ) [masculine] (Arabic), غَسِيل مُخّ (ḡasīl muḵḵ) [masculine] (Arabic), غسيل مخ (ḡasīl muḵ) [Gulf-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), ուղեղների լվացում (uġeġneri lvacʿum) (Armenian), прамыва́нне мазго́ў (pramyvánnje mazhóŭ) [neuter] (Belarusian), проми́ване на мо́зъци (promívane na mózǎci) [neuter] (Bulgarian), rentat de cervell [masculine] (Catalan), 洗腦 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 洗脑 (sé-náu, sóe-náu) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 洗腦 (Chinese Cantonese), 洗脑 (sai² nou⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 洗腦 (Chinese Mandarin), 洗脑 (xǐnǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), vymývání mozků [neuter] (Czech), hjernevask [common-gender] (Danish), hersenspoeling [feminine] (Dutch), cerbolavado (Esperanto), ajupesu (Estonian), heilatváttur [masculine] (Faroese), aivopesu (Finnish), lavage de cerveau [masculine] (French), ტვინის გამორეცხვა (ṭvinis gamorecxva) (Georgian), Gehirnwäsche [feminine] (German), Hirnwäsche [feminine] (German), Mentizid [masculine, neuter] (German), πλύση εγκεφάλου (plýsi egkefálou) [feminine] (Greek), שטיפת מוח \ שְׁטִיפַת מוֹחַ (shtifát móakh) [masculine] (Hebrew), agymosás (Hungarian), heilaþvottur [masculine] (Icelandic), cuci otak (Indonesian), lavaggio del cervello [masculine] (Italian), 洗脳 (sennō) (alt: せんのう) (Japanese), 세뇌 (senoe) (alt: 洗腦) (Korean), smadzeņu skalošana [feminine] (Latvian), smegenų plovimas [masculine] (Lithuanian), миење мозок (mienje mozok) [neuter] (Macedonian), перење на мозокот (perenje na mozokot) [neuter] (Macedonian), hjernevask [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), hjernevasking [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), hjernevask [masculine, neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), hjernevasking [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), شستشوی مغزی (šostošu-ye mağzi) (Persian), pranie mózgu [neuter] (Polish), lavagem cerebral [feminine] (Portuguese), spălare a creierului [feminine] (Romanian), промыва́ние мозго́в (promyvánije mozgóv) [neuter] (Russian), испирање мозга [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), ispiranje mozga [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), vymývanie mozgov [neuter] (Slovak), pranje možganov [neuter] (Slovene), lavado de cerebro [masculine] (Spanish), comedura de coco [Spain, colloquial, feminine] (Spanish), hjärntvätt [common-gender] (Swedish), шустушӯи мағзи (šustušüyi maġzi) (Tajik), การล้างสมอง (gaan-láang-sà-mɔ̌ɔng) (Thai), промива́ння мі́зків (promyvánnja mízkiv) [neuter] (Ukrainian), tẩy não (Vietnamese)

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      "word": "mind control"
    },
    {
      "word": "menticide"
    },
    {
      "word": "programming"
    },
    {
      "word": "re-education"
    },
    {
      "word": "thought control"
    },
    {
      "word": "thought reform"
    },
    {
      "word": "brainwashing"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḡasīl dimāḡ",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "غَسِيل دِمَاغ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḡasīl muḵḵ",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "غَسِيل مُخّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "afb",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḡasīl muḵ",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "tags": [
        "Gulf-Arabic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "غسيل مخ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "uġeġneri lvacʿum",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "word": "ուղեղների լվացում"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pramyvánnje mazhóŭ",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "прамыва́нне мазго́ў"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "promívane na mózǎci",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "проми́ване на мо́зъци"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rentat de cervell"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "word": "洗腦"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "sai² nou⁵",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "word": "洗脑"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "洗腦"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "sé-náu, sóe-náu",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "洗脑"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "word": "洗腦"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xǐnǎo",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "word": "洗脑"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vymývání mozků"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hjernevask"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hersenspoeling"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "word": "cerbolavado"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "word": "ajupesu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "heilatváttur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "word": "aivopesu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lavage de cerveau"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṭvinis gamorecxva",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "word": "ტვინის გამორეცხვა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gehirnwäsche"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hirnwäsche"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Mentizid"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "plýsi egkefálou",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "πλύση εγκεφάλου"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "shtifát móakh",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שטיפת מוח \\ שְׁטִיפַת מוֹחַ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "word": "agymosás"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "heilaþvottur"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "word": "cuci otak"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lavaggio del cervello"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せんのう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sennō",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "word": "洗脳"
    },
    {
      "alt": "洗腦",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "senoe",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "word": "세뇌"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "smadzeņu skalošana"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "smegenų plovimas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "mienje mozok",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "миење мозок"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "perenje na mozokot",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "перење на мозокот"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hjernevask"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hjernevasking"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hjernevask"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hjernevasking"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šostošu-ye mağzi",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "word": "شستشوی مغزی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pranie mózgu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lavagem cerebral"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spălare a creierului"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "promyvánije mozgóv",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "промыва́ние мозго́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "испирање мозга"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ispiranje mozga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vymývanie mozgov"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pranje možganov"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lavado de cerebro"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "tags": [
        "Spain",
        "colloquial",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "comedura de coco"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hjärntvätt"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "šustušüyi maġzi",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "word": "шустушӯи мағзи"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gaan-láang-sà-mɔ̌ɔng",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "word": "การล้างสมอง"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "promyvánnja mízkiv",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "промива́ння мі́зків"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "form of indoctrination",
      "word": "tẩy não"
    }
  ],
  "word": "brain-washing"
}

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