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Six example sentences with brainwash, each labelled with its topic.
The thriller's villain tries to brainwash the pilot with looped recordings played through the night for a month.
Movies
Whether any argument can brainwash a free mind is a question moral philosophers have debated since the 1950s.
Philosophy
Researchers doubt that isolation alone can brainwash a healthy adult, though it does make people noticeably more suggestible.
Psychology
The term entered English in 1950 when a journalist claimed the enemy could brainwash captured soldiers into denouncing their own country.
History
Critics accused the state broadcaster of trying to brainwash viewers with the same slogan repeated at the top of every hour.
Politics
Orwell's Ministry of Love does not simply punish Winston; it sets out to brainwash him until he believes the lie.
Literature
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