Associations to the word «Brainwash»

Wiktionary

BRAINWASH, noun. An effect upon one's memory, belief, or ideas.
BRAINWASH, verb. To affect one's mind by using extreme mental pressure or any other mind-affecting process. (i.e. hypnosis)
BRAINWASH, verb. (figuratively) (dated) To take from an electronically controlled machine its stored-up information; to erase a computer's programming. (1960)

Dictionary definition

BRAINWASH, verb. Persuade completely, often through coercion; "The propaganda brainwashed many people".
BRAINWASH, verb. Submit to brainwashing; indoctrinate forcibly.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin