brainwash
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A calque of the Chinese 洗脑 (Pinyin: xǐ năo), literally "to wash the brain". Usage via U.S. military during Korean War.
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brainwash (uncountable)
- An effect upon one's memory, belief, or ideas.
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effect upon one's memory, belief or ideas
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brainwash (third-person singular simple present brainwashes, present participle brainwashing, simple past and past participle brainwashed)
- To affect one's mind by using extreme mental pressure or any other mind-affecting process. (i.e. hypnosis)
- (figuratively, dated) To take from an electronically controlled machine its stored-up information; to erase a computer's programming. (1960)
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to affect one's mind
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