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Meaning of brainwash

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brainwash

Pronunciation:/ˈbɹeɪnwɒʃ/

noun

Definitions

  1. A distorting effect upon one's memory, belief, or ideas, as by propaganda.

verb

Definitions

  1. To affect one's mind by using extreme mental pressure or any other mind-affecting process. (e.g. hypnosis)

  2. To take from an electronically controlled machine its stored-up information; to erase a computer's programming. (1960)