brainwashing

Example Sentences

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"Actually, there's brainwashing here in China too, but it's not as severe," he said.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

"It means they're willing to die but not let the regime fall - because they think its fall means the end of their religion. That's how effectively the regime does brainwashing."

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Rather than brainwashing us, the objective of the totalitarian is to bludgeon us into apathy, resignation and passivity.

From Salon • May 24, 2025

O’Neill also explains that psychiatrist Louis Jolyon “Jolly” West, who is known to have ties to the MKUltra project, was conducting research on brainwashing in the Haight-Ashbury area at that time.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2025

We troop down for the brainwashing and she can’t stop talking.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson