| 单词 | menticide |
| 释义 | menticide in British English (ˈmɛntɪˌsaɪd) noun the destruction or undermining of a person's mental independence in order to alter his or her beliefs Brainwashing had a more 'flesh-and-blood' quality than a more clinical alternative,'menticide,' which means murder of the mind. menticide in American English (ˈmentəˌsaid) noun the systematic effort to undermine and destroy a person's values and beliefs, as by the use of prolonged interrogation, drugs, torture, etc., and to induce radically different ideas Word origin [1950–55; ‹ L ment- (s. of mēns) mind + -i- + -cide]This word is first recorded in the period 1950–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: International Gothic, allograph, drip-dry, point spread, wiretap-i- is the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Latin words, as -o- is of Greek words, but often used in English with a first element of any origin,if the second element is of Latin origin. Other words that use the affix -i- include: Frenchify, cuneiform; -cide is a learned borrowing from Latin meaning “killer,” “act of killing,” used in theformation of compound words. Other words that use the affix -cide include: homicide, pesticide |
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