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Brainwashed

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Adjective

1. brainwashed

subjected to intensive forced indoctrination resulting in the rejection of old beliefs and acceptance of new ones

Example Sentences:
'brainwashed prisoners of war'
'captive audiences for TV commercials can become brainwashed consumers'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Brainwashed

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verb
(transitive)
to effect a radical change in the ideas and beliefs of (a person), esp by methods based on isolation, sleeplessness, hunger, extreme discomfort, pain, and the alternation of kindness and cruelty

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Brainwashed

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verb transitive US
Informal
to indoctrinate so intensively and thoroughly as to effect a radical transformation of beliefs and mental attitudes

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Brainwashed

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tr.v. brain·washed, brain·wash·ing, brain·wash·es
To subject to brainwashing.
n.
The process or an instance of brainwashing.

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