mindwash
verbEtymology From mind + wash.
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Synonym of brainwash.
- The design, of course, is to mindwash the American people into the necessity of an armed international police force and a world court that would supersede and nullify our Constitution and Bill of Rights.1962 April 9, Congressional Record, page A2726, column 3:
- With the President of the United States threatening me with prison, with numerous attempts made to assassinate me and with the Jew-controlled press mindwashing the public into believing that I was a rabble-rouser and a dangerous man, where could I turn?1972 April, Gerald L[yman] K[enneth] Smith, “I Confess”, in The Cross and The Flag, volume 31, number 1, Christian Nationalist Crusade, page 22, column 2:
3 more examples
- In Iran, she’d first attempted to mindwash the Jehorkhim followers of the Imam; she’d succeeded only partially because she’d been able to learn their fears and devils.1990, G[eorge] Harry Stine, Blood Siege (Warbots; 9), Pinnacle Books, →ISBN, page 225:
- Among them were folks who made a point of not identifying as Disneyphiles, and who vocally berated those who were infantilized as “Disney nuts” or mindwashed “Disnoids.” Predictably, it was among the most highly educated and professional residents that the scorn for Disneyphilia was most pronounced.1999, Andrew Ross, “Our Much-Rumored Life”, in The Celebration Chronicles: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Property Values in Disney’s New Town, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 110:
- “They put adverts for posh, expensive cars up in poor neighbourhoods where people have no chance of ever affording them. I also want people to see that there is resistance, that people are attempting to engage and have a dialogue instead of accepting being mindwashed.”2009, Steve Wright, Home Sweet Home: Banksy’s Bristol: The Unofficial Guide, Tangent Books, →ISBN, page 54: