brainwashverb [ T ]
uk/ˈbreɪn.wɒʃ/us/ˈbreɪn.wɑːʃ/disapprovingto make someone believe something by repeatedly telling them that it is true and preventing any other information from reaching them :
Their government is trying to brainwash them into thinking that war cannot be avoided.
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Urging & persuading
- argumentation
- blag
- bring
- browbeat
- butter
- cajole
- chase
- get sth out of sb
- persuade
- persuasion
- preach
- prevail on/upon sb
- proselytize
- rush sb into (doing) sth
- sucker sb into sth
- swing
- talk sb down
- talk sb out of sth
- twist
- work on sb
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brainwashing
noun [ U ] uk/ˈbreɪn.wɒʃ.ɪŋ/us/ˈbreɪn.wɑː.ʃɪŋ/
Many people thought the sect was guilty of brainwashing.