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Brainwashing
Synonyms for "brainwashing" (20 found)
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Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (6)
Related words (10)
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1 entriesTranslations
55 translations across 46 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- غسيل مخ noun (form of indoctrination)
- غَسِيل دِمَاغ noun (form of indoctrination)
- غَسِيل مُخّ noun (form of indoctrination)
Armenian
1 entries- ուղեղների լվացում noun (form of indoctrination)
Belarusian
1 entries- прамыва́нне мазго́ў noun (form of indoctrination)
Bulgarian
1 entries- проми́ване на мо́зъци noun (form of indoctrination)
Catalan
1 entries- rentat de cervell noun (form of indoctrination)
Chinese
1 entries- 洗腦 /洗脑 noun (form of indoctrination)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 洗腦 /洗脑 noun (form of indoctrination)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 洗腦 /洗脑 noun (form of indoctrination)
Czech
1 entries- vymývání mozků noun (form of indoctrination)
Danish
1 entries- hjernevask noun (form of indoctrination)
Dutch
1 entries- hersenspoeling noun (form of indoctrination)
Esperanto
1 entries- cerbolavado noun (form of indoctrination)
Estonian
1 entries- ajupesu noun (form of indoctrination)
Faroese
1 entries- heilatváttur noun (form of indoctrination)
Finnish
1 entries- aivopesu noun (form of indoctrination)
French
1 entries- lavage de cerveau noun (form of indoctrination)
Georgian
1 entries- ტვინის გამორეცხვა noun (form of indoctrination)
German
3 entries- Gehirnwäsche noun (form of indoctrination)
- Hirnwäsche noun (form of indoctrination)
- Mentizid noun (form of indoctrination)
Greek
1 entries- πλύση εγκεφάλου noun (form of indoctrination)
Hebrew
1 entries- שטיפת מוח \ שְׁטִיפַת מוֹחַ noun (form of indoctrination)
Hungarian
1 entries- agymosás noun (form of indoctrination)
Icelandic
1 entries- heilaþvottur noun (form of indoctrination)
Indonesian
1 entries- cuci otak noun (form of indoctrination)
Italian
1 entries- lavaggio del cervello noun (form of indoctrination)
Japanese
1 entries- 洗脳 noun (form of indoctrination)
Korean
1 entries- 세뇌 noun (form of indoctrination)
Latvian
1 entries- smadzeņu skalošana noun (form of indoctrination)
Lithuanian
1 entries- smegenų plovimas noun (form of indoctrination)
Macedonian
2 entries- миење мозок noun (form of indoctrination)
- перење на мозокот noun (form of indoctrination)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- hjernevask noun (form of indoctrination)
- hjernevasking noun (form of indoctrination)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- hjernevask noun (form of indoctrination)
- hjernevasking noun (form of indoctrination)
Persian
1 entries- شستشوی مغزی noun (form of indoctrination)
Polish
1 entries- pranie mózgu noun (form of indoctrination)
Portuguese
1 entries- lavagem cerebral noun (form of indoctrination)
Romanian
1 entries- spălare a creierului noun (form of indoctrination)
Russian
1 entries- промыва́ние мозго́в noun (form of indoctrination)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- ispiranje mozga noun (form of indoctrination)
- испирање мозга noun (form of indoctrination)
Slovak
1 entries- vymývanie mozgov noun (form of indoctrination)
Slovene
1 entries- pranje možganov noun (form of indoctrination)
Spanish
2 entries- comedura de coco noun (form of indoctrination)
- lavado de cerebro noun (form of indoctrination)
Swedish
1 entries- hjärntvätt noun (form of indoctrination)
Tajik
1 entries- шустушӯи мағзи noun (form of indoctrination)
Thai
1 entries- การล้างสมอง noun (form of indoctrination)
Ukrainian
1 entries- промива́ння мі́зків noun (form of indoctrination)
Urdu
1 entries- دماغ شوئی noun (form of indoctrination)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tẩy não noun (form of indoctrination)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Some people think that advertising is a form of brainwashing.
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What the media does is nothing but brainwashing.
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"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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