brainwashing

n.

1. Intensive, forcible indoctrination, usually political or religious, aimed at destroying a person's basic convictions and attitudes and replacing them with an alternative set of fixed beliefs.
2. The application of a concentrated means of persuasion, such as an advertising campaign or repeated suggestion, in order to develop a specific belief or motivation.

[Translation of Chinese (Mandarin) xѤ nѡo : xѤ, to wash + nѡo, brain.]

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Indoctrination that forces people to abandon their beliefs in favor of another set of beliefs. Usually associated with military and political interrogation and religious conversion, brainwashing attempts, through prolonged stress, to break down an individual's physical and mental defenses. Brainwashing techniques range from vocal persuasion and threats to punishment, physical deprivation, mind-altering drugs, and severe physical torture.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - hjernevask

Nederlands (Dutch)
hersenspoeling

Français (French)
n. - lavage de cerveau, (fig) bourrage de crâne (péj), intox (fam)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Gehirnwäsche

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πλύση εγκεφάλου

Italiano (Italian)
lavaggio del cervello

Português (Portuguese)
n. - lavagem (f) cerebral

Русский (Russian)
промывание мозгов, идеологическое давление

Español (Spanish)
n. - lavado de cerebro

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hjärntvätt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
洗脑

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 洗腦

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 세뇌

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 洗脳, 説得

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) غسل الدماغ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שטיפת-מוח‬

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