brainwashing

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Jen Senko is the director of the documentary "The Brainwashing of My Dad."

From Salon • Oct. 4, 2023

Brainwashing or not, the effect “is ingenious,” says Melanie English, a licensed clinical psychologist in Seattle.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2023

Brainwashing has been going on since the beginning of time.

From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2017

Brainwashing, which entered the lexicon in 1951, became a national obsession after the Army issued a 1955 report on the manipulation of American prisoners of war in Korea.

From US News • Jul. 8, 2014

Brainwashing is when a person tries to become and to will what somebody else is and wants.

From Time Magazine Archive