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brainwashing
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Noun
The act of being indoctrinated
A concerted set of messages aimed at influencing the opinions or behavior of large numbers of people
Emotional or psychological abuse
An act or instance of persuading, or of being persuaded, to do or believe something
Verb
Present participle for to affect one's mind by using extreme mental pressure
Present participle for to persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats
Present participle for to sow or place in one's consciousness
Present participle for to teach or educate someone on a given subject
Present participle for to convert or attempt to convert (someone) from one religion, belief, or opinion to another
Present participle for to convince or manipulate
Present participle for to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action
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Noun
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The act of being indoctrinated
influencing
conditioning
persuasion
indoctrination
re-education
inculcation
teaching
propagandism
instruction
training
schooling
drilling
proselytism
tutoring
tuition
tutelage
education
coaching
study
erudition
enlightenment
edification
apprenticeship
scholarship
literacy
learning
cultivation
improvement
pedagogy
direction
civilization
US
nurture
breeding
pedagogics
catechism
rearing
programming
civilisation
UK
book learning
proselytization
propaganda
discipline
mind-control
guidance
science
reading
preparation
culture
learnedness
refinement
background
information
finish
propagandization
andragogy
lessons
book-learning
formal education
development
grounding
upbringing
orientation
priming
e-learning
induction
readying
research
studying
swotting
foundation
paideia
educ
ed
buildup
groundwork
academic work
basics
knowledge
lifelong learning
illumination
elevation
elucidation
uplifting
disciplining
grooming
betterment
enhancement
irradiation
bettering
crash course
building up
practice
exercise
guiding
briefing
sharpening
seasoning
tune-up
chalk talk
schoolwork
professional development
control
regulation
authority
rules
strictness
regimen
order
orderliness
routine
supervision
rules of conduct
domestication
more ❯
“This is a far cry from the allegations of
brainwashing
and cultism which Mr. Curtis, and now the media, sought to portray.”
Noun
▲
A concerted set of messages aimed at influencing the opinions or behavior of large numbers of people
propaganda
advertising
agitprop
disinformation
hype
information
newspeak
promotion
publicity
advertisement
advocacy
counter-information
indoctrination
spin
announcement
ballyhoo
boosterism
buildup
bumf
cant
doctrine
evangelism
handout
hogwash
hoopla
implantation
inculcation
info
literature
marketing
misinformation
plugging
presstitution
promulgation
proselytism
publication
puffery
big lie
half truths
party line
Noun
▲
Emotional or psychological abuse
abuse
manipulation
deception
gaslighting
intimidation
emotional abuse
psychological abuse
mental abuse
psychological violence
psychological warfare
head games
mind games
Noun
▲
An act or instance of persuading, or of being persuaded, to do or believe something
persuasion
inducement
encouragement
enticement
temptation
urging
convincing
persuading
pull
inducing
conversion
coaxing
prompting
pressure
seduction
suasion
influence
inveiglement
wheedling
exhortation
cajolery
con
hook
blandishment
coercion
influencing
alluring
arguments
wiles
arm-twisting
soft-soaping
sweet-talking
sweet talk
soft soap
arm-twist
moral pressure
smooth-talking
soft power
hard sell
snow job
winning over
working over
seducement
tantalization
flattery
blarney
blandishments
honeyed words
adulation
flannel
fawning
praise
guyver
glozing
cajolement
sycophancy
flattering
compliment
flummery
palaver
allurement
inveigling
wheedle
beguilement
sweet words
soft words
smooth talk
lip salve
soft sawder
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to affect one's mind by using extreme mental pressure
programming
teaching
inculcating
conditioning
proselytising
UK
proselytizing
US
instilling
persuading
convincing
educating
indoctrinating
drilling
propagandising
UK
propagandizing
US
influencing
pressurising
UK
pressurizing
US
altering
catechizing
converting
moulding
UK
molding
US
talking into
ingraining
training
manipulating
implanting
hypnotizing
US
compelling
ordering
drumming
drumming into
hypnotising
UK
imbuing
radicating
working over
driving
infusing
hammering
guiding
dinning
sowing the seeds
tutoring
drilling into
hammering home
socializing
US
ramming down one's throat
socialising
UK
teaching over and over again
driving into
driving home
schooling
disciplining
radicalizing
US
extremizing
fanaticizing
radicalising
UK
breaking down
instructing
initiating
grounding
drubbing
planting
impressing upon
dinning something into
breeding in the bone
rearing
reprograming
reprogramming
inspiring
impressing
force-feeding
hammering into
more ❯
“The books are clearly inappropriate for young children and are an outrageous attempt to
brainwash
our kids.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats
coercing
forcing
compelling
pressuring
impelling
pressurising
UK
pressurizing
US
driving
dragooning
pressing
obliging
making
browbeating
constraining
bullying
bulldozing
railroading
intimidating
urging
pushing
influencing
blackjacking
impressing
obligating
cowing
sandbagging
muscling
bludgeoning
threatening
menacing
terrorising
UK
terrorizing
US
hustling
squeezing
bouncing
besetting
concussing
shotgunning
restricting
hindering
repressing
suppressing
strong-arming
prevailing on
leaning on
putting pressure on
using pressure on
fast-talking
press-ganging
bringing pressure to bear on
putting the squeeze on
putting the screws on
putting under an obligation
acting on
working on
twisting one's arm
high pressuring
making an offer they can't refuse
putting the arm on
harassing
badgering
hounding
goading
prodding
nagging
harrying
pestering
persuading
turning on the heat
twisting someone's arm
breathing down someone's neck
hassling
bothering
tyrannizing
US
squashing
constricting
compressing
politicking
selling
insisting
ramrodding
tyrannising
UK
coming at
domineering
working over
pushing around
bullyragging
hectoring
bogarting
blustering
buffaloing
overbearing
despotizing
enforcing
frightening
riding roughshod
using strong-arm tactics on
walking heavy
mau-mauing
steamrollering
requiring
inducing
oppressing
tormenting
prompting
persecuting
spurring
inciting
encouraging
provoking
plaguing
instigating
necessitating
stirring
causing
triggering
riding roughshod over
dominating
inspiring
binding
motivating
egging on
rousing
picking on
propelling
putting the heat on
putting up to
subjugating
commanding
moving
stimulating
demanding
nudging
whipping
dictating
spurring on
inveigling
leading
chivvying
cajoling
pushing about
crushing
blackmailing
actuating
pricking
enslaving
victimizing
US
imposing
trampling
siccing
tightening the screws on
victimising
UK
lording it over
keeping down
holding down
firing up
treating harshly
grinding down
having someone do something
ruling with a rod of iron
trampling underfoot
ruling with an iron hand
exhorting
getting
awing
aweing
tempting
rallying
incentivizing
occasioning
restraining
animating
arousing
steamrolling
bossing about
riding
bossing around
ordering
worrying
swaying
asking
exacting
exciting
challenging
inclining
convincing
invigorating
sparking
rowelling
roweling
sounding
emboldening
galvanizing
US
envigorating
galvanising
UK
vexing
dragooning into
making necessary
ordering around
ordering about
browbeating into
turning the screws on
putting screws to
putting the chill on
dictating to
imposing on
putting the frighteners on
cracking down
domineering over
keying up
having someone under your thumb
insisting on
treating brutally
ruling despotically
keeping under thumb
bringing someone to their knees
leaving someone no option
scaring
terrifying
kicking
committing
leaning
unnerving
egging
astricting
shanghaiing
spooking
indebting
wheedling
assailing
importuning
putting heat on
dogging
heckling
rooting
putting through the wringer
arguing
mistreating
antagonizing
US
taunting
chivying
antagonising
UK
mobilizing
US
holding a gun to one's head
enticing
talking
besieging
stinging
inflaming
effecting
having
troubling
needling
pressurizing into
coercing into
predisposing
conditioning
mobilising
UK
directing
enthusing
determining
prevailing upon
tightening the screw on
turning the screw on
fomenting
making it hot for someone
making things hot for someone
bringing pressure upon
lashing
titillating
rousting
bringing force to bear on
bullying into
bludgeoning into
putting the screws to
overcoming
terrorizing into
intimidating into
extorting
commandeering
orienting
railroading into
charging
working up
foisting
wresting
exerting
invoking
expecting
throwing your weight around
steamrollering into
using force on
conscripting
urging by force
burdening
contracting
obtruding
enjoining
choking
using duress on
applying
subduing
exerting influence on
making compulsory
leaving someone no option but to
bearing down on
forcing upon
bulldozing into
going to town on
exerting force on
overawing
warranting
affrighting
pinning down
bearing down
putting the bite on
involving
putting squeeze on
bearing hard on
disposing
coaxing
impassioning
eliciting
entailing
calling for
evoking
bringing
activating
steeling
inspiriting
scaring off
scaring the bejesus out of
maltreating
empowering
advising
converting
exhilarating
heartening
vitalizing
impacting
uplifting
bringing pressure to bear upon
subjecting
taking
wanting
bearing
meaning
needing
claiming
torturing
incentifying
helping
striking
refreshing
abusing
behooving
craving
postulating
hegemonizing
wronging
behoving
exploiting
overthrowing
pumping up
stirring up
suggesting to
scourging
ruling
distressing
aggrieving
boosting up
pepping up
whipping up
talking into
winning over
hinting to
cheering on
mastering
spiriting up
leaving no choice but to
handicapping
straining
annoying
encumbering
saddling
outraging
chastening
taxing
controlling
ill-treating
acting upon
holding sway over
riding herd on
tyrannizing over
beating down
trampling on
weighing heavy upon
walking all over
ruling over
putting upon
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to sow or place in one's consciousness
inculcating
impressing
indoctrinating
breeding
dinning
programming
fostering
inducing
inspiring
promoting
engendering
drumming into
impressing upon
dinning something into
impressing on
inculcating in
dinning in
getting into head
working over
sowing
instilling in
ingraining in
Verb
▲
Present participle for to teach or educate someone on a given subject
instructing
training
educating
teaching
coaching
schooling
tutoring
informing
guiding
enlightening
drilling
preparing
indoctrinating
disciplining
inculcating
directing
edifying
advising
priming
acquainting
briefing
telling
counselling
UK
counseling
US
upskilling
familiarising
UK
familiarizing
US
apprising
versing
grounding
lessoning
leading
clearing
initiating
hipping
updating
lecturing
steering
disclosing
breaking in
clueing in
filling in
giving lessons to
catching up
drumming into
giving lessons
dinning something into
keeping posted
putting someone through their paces
instilling
developing
illuminating
nurturing
exercising
rearing
imbuing
imparting
sharpening
forming
catechizing
implanting
clarifying
communicating
improving
cultivating
fostering
pounding into
opening eyes
polishing up
equipping with
civilizing
US
elevating
uplifting
bettering
maturing
teaching school
giving the facts
illumining
civilising
UK
illuming
explaining
homeschooling
inspiring
giving a grounding in
improving mind
teaching information
opening my eyes
showing the ropes
putting through the grind
readying
grooming
cluing
clueing
letting in on
laying it out for
seasoning
equipping
piloting
mentoring
fitting
conditioning
rehearsing
practising
UK
qualifying
honing
hardening
molding
US
taming
moulding
UK
practicing
US
inuring
shaping
caring for
making fit
licking into shape
putting through the mill
whipping into shape
making something clear to
making ready
demonstrating to
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to convert or attempt to convert (someone) from one religion, belief, or opinion to another
proselytising
UK
proselytizing
US
proselyting
convincing
converting
swaying
persuading
recruiting
evangelising
UK
evangelizing
US
propagandising
UK
propagandizing
US
preaching
cajoling
embracing
adopting
winning over
preaching to
spreading the word
spreading the gospel
bringing into the fold
bringing to God
spreading the word to
altering conviction
spreading the gospel to
making converts
seeking converts
making converts of
causing to adopt
bringing to Christ
changing belief
making someone see the light
evangelizing to
getting into
reforming
inducing
redeeming
moving
crusading
saving
preachifying
impelling
assimilating
homilizing
sermonizing
US
leading
inclining
transferring
sermonising
UK
baptizing
US
campaigning
budging
baptising
UK
bringing around
talking into
talking round
making someone change their beliefs
causing someone to change their mind
spreading the faith
prevailing on
making someone change their mind
leading to believe
changing the belief of
acting as a missionary
making converts among
sharing the gospel with
causing to see the light
offering the gospel to
causing a change of heart
causing someone to change their beliefs
arguing into
spreading the faith to
prevailing upon
telling the gospel to
seeking converts among
causing to be born again
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to convince or manipulate
influencing
convincing
manipulating
persuading
inveigling
tempting
urging
beguiling
bribing
coaxing
coercing
controlling
directing
exploiting
finagling
jockeying
playing
steering
swaying
compelling
counselling
UK
counseling
US
dragooning
enticing
impelling
intimidating
luring
working
leaning on
pressurising
UK
pressurizing
US
working upon
browbeating
cajoling
inciting
inclining
inducing
prejudicing
prevailing upon
pulling strings with
talking round
twisting someone's arm
bringing round
coloring
US
colouring
UK
suborning
turning
bringing pressure to bear on
bringing pressure to bear upon
carrying weight with
cutting any ice with
making yourself felt with
touching
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action
convincing
inducing
persuading
getting
inveigling
moving
swaying
bringing
cajoling
hooking
influencing
selling
converting
drawing
prompting
satisfying
turning
effecting
overcoming
bringing around
coaxing into
winning over
arguing into
making a believer
talking into
talking round
prevailing on
selling one on
putting across
bringing round to the idea of
twisting one's arm
twisting someone's arm
prevailing upon
bringing to reason
bringing home to
gaining one's confidence
bringing round
compelling
prejudicing
manipulating
impressing
gaining confidence of
urging
enticing
coaxing
coercing
impelling
propagandizing
US
proselytizing
US
steering
proselytising
UK
propagandising
UK
proselyting
motivating
inclining
reasoning
biasing
US
biassing
UK
wheedling into
converting to
causing to believe
working over
leading to believe
bringing to senses
proving to
finagling
beguiling
charming
poisoning
winning round
assuring
winning around
reassuring
making someone see the light
showing one the error of their ways
showing someone the error of their ways
changing mind
gaining somebody's support
getting somebody on your side
arguing
gaining
making certain
dispelling someone's doubts
selling to
putting someone's mind at rest
demonstrating to
impressing to
causing to feel certain
dispelling doubt
putting mind at ease
reasoning someone into believing
affecting
impacting
striking
controlling
touching
guiding
reaching
colouring
UK
slanting
inspiring
moulding
UK
jaundicing
causing
conducting
coloring
US
cracking
nobbling
molding
US
predisposing
bending
carrying
encouraging
instigating
advising
inciting
luring
disposing
tempting
leading by the nose
sucking in
telling on
turning one's head
working on
impacting on
softening up
leading
procuring
exhorting
counseling
US
counselling
UK
making
driving
enlisting
pleading with
turning somebody on to
pressurizing into
reasoning someone into
pressing someone into
pressuring someone into
leading to do
getting round
wearing down
prodding into
winning argument
wheedling
sweet-talking
soft-soaping
blarneying
blandishing
palavering
pressing
flattering
alluring
seducing
wooing
conning
decoying
worming
manoeuvring
UK
wangling
maneuvering
US
bartering
importuning
buttering up
arm-twisting
roping in
getting around
pestering
plaguing
jawboning
teasing
soothing
honeying
coming on
talking someone into something
softening
promoting
nagging into
actuating
provoking
triggering
stimulating
squeezing
activating
bulldozing
steamrolling
exerting influence on
putting someone up to something
drawing in
cajoling into
snowing
oiling
soaping
bantering
jollying
sweetening up
getting next to
more ❯
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