- present participle of brainwash.
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
She accuses the group of "brainwashing" her son, convincing him they were defending the ethnic Kurdish minorities in Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Iran.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2025
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
