Brainwashing

Synonyms for "brainwashing" (32 found)

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Closest matches (7)

Adjective(1 words)
academic indoctrination
Noun(4 words)
coercivecoercive persuasioncollective brainwashingcondition

Strong matches (9)

Related words (16)

Noun(12 words)
indoctrinationmanipulatemanipulationmanipulativemass indoctrinationmind controlpersuasionpropagandapropagandisticpropagandizepsychological manipulationstate indoctrination

Related word relations

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More general

8 entries
coercive techniqueindoctrinationinfluencemanipulationpersuasionpersuasive contentpropagandapsychological manipulation

More specific

17 entries
conditioningcult brainwashingcult indoctrinationcult propagandaeducational indoctrinationindoctrinateindoctrinating contentindoctrinationmass brainwashingmedia conditioningpolitical brainwashingpolitical indoctrinationpropagandapropaganda messagingreprogramsect indoctrination

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Collocations

14 entries
brainwashing campaignsbrainwashing contentbrainwashing methodsbrainwashing propagandabrainwashing rhetoricbrainwashing techniquescult brainwashinginstitutional brainwashingmass brainwashingmedia brainwashingpolitical brainwashingpropaganda brainwashingreligious brainwashingstate brainwashing

Inflections

5 entries
brainwashedbrainwashesbrainwashingsmore brainwashingmost brainwashing

Derivations

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Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Brainwashing works!

Source: tatoeba (2927555)

Some people think that advertising is a form of brainwashing.

Source: tatoeba (2927571)

What the media does is nothing but brainwashing.

Source: tatoeba (6093207)

"I'm not transphobic; I'm not afraid of trans people." "I'd say you are. You're afraid of us raping women in bathrooms, dominating women's sports, and brainwashing your children. And every single one of these fears is irrational, so the suffix -phobic couldn't possibly fit more."

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