brainwashingn.

Brit.

/ˈbreɪnwɒʃɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈbreɪnˌwɔʃɪŋ/,

/ˈbreɪnˌwɑʃɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; probably modelled on a Chinese lexical item. Etymons: brain n., washing n.

Etymology: < brain n. + washing n., probably after Chinese xǐ nǎo (noun) brainwashing, (verb) to brainwash (although this is first attested later: 1959 or earlier; < xǐ to wash, cleanse + nǎo brain). Compare brainwash n. and slightly later brainwash v.Earlier found in sporadic use with reference to various physical procedures affecting the brain, as in the following example referring to physical experimentation on an animal:1893 Zoophilist Mar. 291/2 But months passed, and many more brain-washings passed with them, before this poor affectionate little creature was released by death out of that monster's hands.

Originally U.S.

The systematic and often forcible elimination from a person's mind of all established ideas, esp. political ones, so that another set of ideas may take their place; this process regarded as the kind of coercive conversion practised by certain totalitarian states on political dissidents. Also attributive and in weakened sense: the action of pressurizing or persuading a person into a belief considered undesirable.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > [noun] > extreme suggestion

possessingness1887

brainwashing1950

menticide1951

society > education > teaching > instilling ideas > [noun] > inculcating

inculcation1553

inculcating1593

brainwashing1950

1950 Times of India 23 Jan. 6/3 (heading) China under Red flag... ‘Brain-washing’—a new version of the mental purge.

1951 E. Hunter (title) Brain-washing in Red China: the calculated destruction of men's minds.

1953 Manch. Guardian Weekly 21 May 15 You refer to brainwashing. You feel..that you have been browbeaten?

1955 Times 31 Aug. 8/5 Realistic ‘brainwashing’ procedures for those who are ‘captured’.

1977 Ebony May 20/3 The majority of the Cuban blacks are sunken in the most complete ‘white brainwashing’ you are able to imagine.

1991 Sun 16 Dec. 6/5 Proper education has been replaced by political and sexual brainwashing. These days children who should be learning how many beans make five instead spend their days rolling rubber johnnies on to cucumbers.

2004 K. Taylor (title) Brainwashing: the science of thought control.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	brainwashing
释义	brainwashingn. Brit. /ˈbreɪnwɒʃɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbreɪnˌwɔʃɪŋ/, /ˈbreɪnˌwɑʃɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; probably modelled on a Chinese lexical item. Etymons: brain n., washing n. Etymology: < brain n. + washing n., probably after Chinese xǐ nǎo (noun) brainwashing, (verb) to brainwash (although this is first attested later: 1959 or earlier; < xǐ to wash, cleanse + nǎo brain). Compare brainwash n. and slightly later brainwash v.Earlier found in sporadic use with reference to various physical procedures affecting the brain, as in the following example referring to physical experimentation on an animal:1893 Zoophilist Mar. 291/2 But months passed, and many more brain-washings passed with them, before this poor affectionate little creature was released by death out of that monster's hands. Originally U.S. The systematic and often forcible elimination from a person's mind of all established ideas, esp. political ones, so that another set of ideas may take their place; this process regarded as the kind of coercive conversion practised by certain totalitarian states on political dissidents. Also attributive and in weakened sense: the action of pressurizing or persuading a person into a belief considered undesirable. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > [noun] > extreme suggestion possessingness1887 brainwashing1950 menticide1951 society > education > teaching > instilling ideas > [noun] > inculcating inculcation1553 inculcating1593 brainwashing1950 1950 Times of India 23 Jan. 6/3 (heading) China under Red flag... ‘Brain-washing’—a new version of the mental purge. 1951 E. Hunter (title) Brain-washing in Red China: the calculated destruction of men's minds. 1953 Manch. Guardian Weekly 21 May 15 You refer to brainwashing. You feel..that you have been browbeaten? 1955 Times 31 Aug. 8/5 Realistic ‘brainwashing’ procedures for those who are ‘captured’. 1977 Ebony May 20/3 The majority of the Cuban blacks are sunken in the most complete ‘white brainwashing’ you are able to imagine. 1991 Sun 16 Dec. 6/5 Proper education has been replaced by political and sexual brainwashing. These days children who should be learning how many beans make five instead spend their days rolling rubber johnnies on to cucumbers. 2004 K. Taylor (title) Brainwashing: the science of thought control. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1950
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