brainwashing

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A form of indoctrination that forces people to abandon their beliefs in favour of another set of beliefs by conditioning through various forms of pressure or torture. countable,uncountable
    — So it came about, through Pavlov's work, that the Soviets developed and perfected the 'brain-washing' technique seen to be so effective in the state trials of the 1930s. An amazed world witnessed the sight of intelligent and renowned figures genuinely confessing to criminal acts against the state, or voicing ideological dogma in a total reversal of their previously held values.
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of brainwash form-of,gerund,participle,present

词形变化

brainwashings plural brain-washing alternative brain-washing alternative

词源

词源 1
Calque of Chinese 洗腦 /洗脑 (xǐnǎo, literally “wash brain”). First use appears c. 1950.
词源 2
Calque of Chinese 洗腦 /洗脑 (xǐnǎo, literally “wash brain”). First use appears c. 1950.
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