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brainwashed

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. subjected to intensive forced indoctrination resulting in the rejection of old beliefs and acceptance of new ones; "brainwashed prisoners of war"; "captive audiences for TV commercials can become brainwashed consumers" [ant: unbrainwashed ]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Brainwashed (original title Schachnovelle ) is a 1960 German drama film directed by Gerd Oswald and starring Curd Jürgens , Claire Bloom and Hansjörg Felmy . It is based on Stefan Zweig 's novella The Royal Game .

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
brainwashed \brainwashed\ adj. subjected to intensive forced indoctrination resulting in the rejection of old beliefs and acceptance of new ones. brainwashed prisoners of war; captive audiences for TV commercials can become brainwashed consumers unbrainwashed ...

Usage examples of brainwashed.

And, he now wondered, had Wayne Newell been so brainwashed that he was incapable of going over to the Americans?

Yen Lo had brainwashed some American soldiers, turning one of them into a robotic killer who remained unaware of what had been done to him.

Four—in The Manchurian Candidate, the brainwashed soldier is capable of committing murder on the direction of his controller, then forgetting every detail of what he’s done, but, get this, he’ll also follow instructions to kill himself if necessary.

I warned Pablo that whoever had brainwashed you was no amateur and that if they realized the two of you were trying to break through the Azrael Block, they might come after not just you but him as well.

In fact they were probably right here, being brainwashed with the rest of us.

If Gestron had been brainwashed, the mind-control experts had been as successful with him as with Faye Block.

When Jack Twist said nothing, Ernie continued: "It occurs to me that you were almost certainly forced to reveal your criminal life to the people who brainwashed us.

By definition, someone who's been brainwashed is operating at less than his optimum reasoning capacity.

Why would we want you brainwashed, when what we want is for you to be at your sharpest?

Until she's so besotted, she has been brainwashed to enter that den of addled mentalities and shattered nerves!

All the lady is saying is that the poor kid had been so brainwashed, she rejected happiness because the concept was so unfamiliar that it was scary.

It was a faculty that had been tortured and brainwashed until they weren't sure who they might have been, or become if they'd survived.

It was months later that it came out in a discussion with his comrades that the Americans had been so brainwashed that they'd given up completely.

Charles McQuiston, a former Army intelligence officer who did a Psychological Stress Evaluation of voice recordings of Sirhan, said, "I believe Sirhan was brainwashed under hypnosis by the constant repetition of words like, 'You are nobody, you're nothing, the American dream is gone'.

But, because some men are brainwashed and conditioned, large breasts are considered by some as especially desirable.