"brainwash" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbɹeɪnwɒʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-brainwash.wav [Southern-England], En-US-Brainwash.ogg [US] Forms: brainwashes [plural]
enPR: brān'wŏsh Etymology: brain + wash, calque of Chinese 洗腦/洗脑 (xǐnǎo), literally "to wash the brain". Usage via U.S. military during Korean War. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|brain|wash}} brain + wash, {{cal|en|zh|洗腦|nocap=1|tr=xǐnǎo}} calque of Chinese 洗腦/洗脑 (xǐnǎo) Head templates: {{en-noun}} brainwash (plural brainwashes)
  1. A distorting effect upon one's memory, belief, or ideas, as by propaganda.
    Sense id: en-brainwash-en-noun-hlSaxB-Z

Verb

IPA: /ˈbɹeɪnwɒʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-brainwash.wav [Southern-England], En-US-Brainwash.ogg [US] Forms: brainwashes [present, singular, third-person], brainwashing [participle, present], brainwashed [participle, past], brainwashed [past]
enPR: brān'wŏsh Etymology: brain + wash, calque of Chinese 洗腦/洗脑 (xǐnǎo), literally "to wash the brain". Usage via U.S. military during Korean War. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|brain|wash}} brain + wash, {{cal|en|zh|洗腦|nocap=1|tr=xǐnǎo}} calque of Chinese 洗腦/洗脑 (xǐnǎo) Head templates: {{en-verb}} brainwash (third-person singular simple present brainwashes, present participle brainwashing, simple past and past participle brainwashed)
  1. (psychology) To affect one's mind by using extreme mental pressure or any other mind-affecting process. (e.g. hypnosis) Categories (topical): Psychology, Thinking Translations (to affect one's mind): ّغَسَلَ المُخ (ḡasala l-muḵḵ) (Arabic), غَسَل الدِماغ (ḡasal id-dimāḡ) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), ուղեղը լվանալ (uġeġə lvanal) (Armenian), rentar el cervell (Catalan), 洗腦 (Chinese Cantonese), 洗脑 (sai² nou⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 洗腦 (Chinese Mandarin), 洗脑 (xǐnǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), vymýt mozek (Czech), hjernevaske (Danish), hersenspoelen (Dutch), aivopestä (Finnish), décerveler (French), laver le cerveau (French), bourrer le crâne (French), einer Gehirnwäsche unterziehen (German), gehirnwaschen (German), שָׁטַף מֹחַ (shatáf móach) (Hebrew), agymosást végez (Hungarian), heilaþvo (Icelandic), fare il lavaggio del cervello (Italian), 洗脳する (sennō suru) (alt: せんのうする) (Japanese), 세뇌하다 (senoehada) (Korean), ລ້າງສະໝອງ (lāng sa mǭng) (Lao), тархи угаах (tarxi ugaax) (Mongolian), prać mózg komu [imperfective] (Polish), wyprać mózg komu [perfective] (Polish), fazer lavagem cerebral em (Portuguese), spăla creier (Romanian), промыва́ть мозги́ (promyvátʹ mozgí) [imperfective] (Russian), промы́ть мозги́ (promýtʹ mozgí) [perfective] (Russian), зомбировать (zombirovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), lavar el cerebro (Spanish), fua bongo (Swahili), hjärntvätta (Swedish), ล้างสมอง (láang-sà-mɔ̌ɔng) (Thai), beyin yıkamak (Turkish), tẩy não (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-brainwash-en-verb-eFHNYPUJ Disambiguation of Thinking: 20 51 17 11 Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences Disambiguation of "to affect one's mind": 96 3 1
  2. (figuratively, dated) To take from an electronically controlled machine its stored-up information; to erase a computer's programming. (1960) Tags: dated, figuratively
    Sense id: en-brainwash-en-verb-2apskOzY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 20 47 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 26 53 5
  3. To persuade completely and forcibly.
    Sense id: en-brainwash-en-verb-x6dMGh7r

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          "roman": "tarxi ugaax",
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          "roman": "promyvátʹ mozgí",
          "sense": "to affect one's mind",
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          "roman": "promýtʹ mozgí",
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          "roman": "zombirovatʹ",
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    "Brainwashing"
  ],
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}

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    "English nouns",
    "English terms calqued from Chinese",
    "English terms derived from Chinese",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "3": "洗腦",
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        "To affect one's mind by using extreme mental pressure or any other mind-affecting process. (e.g. hypnosis)"
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        "(psychology) To affect one's mind by using extreme mental pressure or any other mind-affecting process. (e.g. hypnosis)"
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        "sciences"
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        "To take from an electronically controlled machine its stored-up information; to erase a computer's programming. (1960)"
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        "(figuratively, dated) To take from an electronically controlled machine its stored-up information; to erase a computer's programming. (1960)"
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        {
          "text": "The news media brainwashed many people."
        }
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        "To persuade completely and forcibly."
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḡasala l-muḵḵ",
      "sense": "to affect one's mind",
      "word": "ّغَسَلَ المُخ"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḡasal id-dimāḡ",
      "sense": "to affect one's mind",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "غَسَل الدِماغ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "uġeġə lvanal",
      "sense": "to affect one's mind",
      "word": "ուղեղը լվանալ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to affect one's mind",
      "word": "rentar el cervell"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "to affect one's mind",
      "word": "洗腦"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "sai² nou⁵",
      "sense": "to affect one's mind",
      "word": "洗脑"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to affect one's mind",
      "word": "洗腦"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xǐnǎo",
      "sense": "to affect one's mind",
      "word": "洗脑"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to affect one's mind",
      "word": "vymýt mozek"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to affect one's mind",
      "word": "hjernevaske"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to affect one's mind",
      "word": "hersenspoelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to affect one's mind",
      "word": "aivopestä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to affect one's mind",
      "word": "décerveler"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to affect one's mind",
      "word": "laver le cerveau"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to affect one's mind",
      "word": "bourrer le crâne"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to affect one's mind",
      "word": "einer Gehirnwäsche unterziehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to affect one's mind",
      "word": "gehirnwaschen"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "shatáf móach",
      "sense": "to affect one's mind",
      "word": "שָׁטַף מֹחַ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to affect one's mind",
      "word": "agymosást végez"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to affect one's mind",
      "word": "heilaþvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to affect one's mind",
      "word": "fare il lavaggio del cervello"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せんのうする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sennō suru",
      "sense": "to affect one's mind",
      "word": "洗脳する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "senoehada",
      "sense": "to affect one's mind",
      "word": "세뇌하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "lāng sa mǭng",
      "sense": "to affect one's mind",
      "word": "ລ້າງສະໝອງ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "tarxi ugaax",
      "sense": "to affect one's mind",
      "word": "тархи угаах"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to affect one's mind",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "prać mózg komu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to affect one's mind",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "wyprać mózg komu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to affect one's mind",
      "word": "fazer lavagem cerebral em"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to affect one's mind",
      "word": "spăla creier"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "promyvátʹ mozgí",
      "sense": "to affect one's mind",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "промыва́ть мозги́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "promýtʹ mozgí",
      "sense": "to affect one's mind",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "промы́ть мозги́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zombirovatʹ",
      "sense": "to affect one's mind",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "зомбировать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to affect one's mind",
      "word": "lavar el cerebro"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "to affect one's mind",
      "word": "fua bongo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to affect one's mind",
      "word": "hjärntvätta"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "láang-sà-mɔ̌ɔng",
      "sense": "to affect one's mind",
      "word": "ล้างสมอง"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to affect one's mind",
      "word": "beyin yıkamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to affect one's mind",
      "word": "tẩy não"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Brainwashing"
  ],
  "word": "brainwash"
}

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