单词 | menticide |
释义 | menticiden. The undermining or destruction of a person's mind or will, esp. by systematic means (regarded as a characteristic activity of totalitarian regimes). Cf. brainwashing n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > [noun] > extreme suggestion possessingness1887 brainwashing1950 menticide1951 1951 J. A. M. Meerloo in Amer. Jrnl. Psychiatry Feb. 595/1 Such an organized system of psychological intervention and judicial perversion, in which a powerful tyrant synthetically injects his own thoughts and words into the minds and mouths of the victims he plans to destroy by mock trial, may well be called menticide. 1957 J. A. M. Meerloo Mental Seduction & Menticide Pref. The modern words ‘brainwashing’, ‘thought-control’, and ‘menticide’ serve to provide some indication of the..methods by which man's integrity can be violated. 1973 Black Panther 20 Oct. 17/1 No treatise on prisons in 1973 can possibly be complete and up-to-date without dealing with the scientifically modernized versions of these conditions and practices as they are manifested in the forms of menticide and genocide. 1999 New Pittsburgh Courier (Nexis) 14 Aug. a6 Our ancestors vigorously resisted menticide and unfathomable brutality to enable us to be here today. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1951 |
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