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brainwashed

/ˈbreɪnwɒʃt/

/ˈbreɪnwɑːʃt/

brainwashedadjective

more brainwashed

Comp.

most brainwashed

Super.

/ˈbreɪn.wɒʃt/

/ˈbreɪn.wɑːʃt/

Translations

endoctrinéSe dit d’une personne dont les idées ou les convictions ont été manipulées de façon intensive.

After spending months in the cult, he became a brainwashed follower, unable to question their teachings.

Après avoir passé des mois dans la secte, il est devenu un adepte endoctriné, incapable de remettre en question leurs enseignements.

Additional translations

embrigadéPlus fréquent dans un contexte politique ou idéologique.

conditionnéMarque une influence psychologique forte, souvent dans un sens plus général.

Definitions

Having one's thoughts and beliefs manipulated or controlled by external forces, often to the point of losing independent thought.

After spending months in the cult, he became a brainwashed follower, unable to question their teachings.

Synonyms

brainwashverb

brainwashed

Past Simple

brainwashed

Past Simple

brainwashed

Past Participle

brainwashing

ing-form

/ˈbreɪnwɒʃ/

/ˈbreɪnwɑːʃ/

Translations

endoctriner

The cult leader attempted to brainwash his followers into rejecting their families.

Le chef de la secte a tenté d’endoctriner ses adeptes pour qu’ils rejettent leur famille.

Definitions

To make someone adopt radically different beliefs by using systematic and often forcible pressure.

The cult leader attempted to brainwash his followers into rejecting their families.

Synonyms

brainwashnoun

Definitions

The process of pressuring someone into adopting radically different beliefs by using systematic and often forcible means.

The cult subjected new members to a thorough brainwash.

brainwashadjective

Definitions

Attributive, relating to or involving brainwashing.

The organization employed brainwash tactics during its induction program.