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Last uploaded: March 22, 2026
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Preferred Name

Brainwashing

Definitions
A broad class of intense and often coercive tactics intended to produce profound changes in attitudes, beliefs, and emotions. Targets of such tactics have typically been prisoners of war and members of religious cults. (From https://dictionary.apa.org/brainwashing)
Synonyms
Mind Control
Control, Mind
Mind Controls
Indoctrination, Forced
Forced Indoctrination
Indoctrinations, Forced
Forced Indoctrinations
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