brainwashed

Describes a person who has been subjected to intense, systematic indoctrination to change their beliefs or attitudes.

• 🇫🇷Décrit une personne ayant subi un conditionnement intense et systématique visant à modifier ses croyances ou ses opinions.

1. Subjected to forced indoctrination C1 formal

   Having been subjected to intensive, systematic persuasion or manipulation to change one's beliefs, often resulting in the rejection of previous ideas and acceptance of new ones.

   • The cult members appeared completely brainwashed by their leader.
   • He felt brainwashed after years of propaganda.
   • The documentary showed how people can become brainwashed by extremist ideologies.

   🇫🇷soumis à un lavage de cerveau

   Synonymes: conditioned

   Antonymes: autonomousfree-thinkingindependent

• more brainwashed comparative form
• most brainwashed superlative form

A verb used to indicate the act of forcing someone to change their beliefs or attitudes through intense psychological pressure or manipulation.

• 🇫🇷Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action de contraindre une personne à changer ses convictions ou ses opinions par une pression psychologique intense ou une manipulation.

1. Forcibly indoctrinate B2 formal

   To force someone to change their beliefs or attitudes through intense, often coercive methods.

   • The cult tried to brainwash its members into following a strict ideology.
   • Prisoners of war were often brainwashed by their captors.
   • She felt that the advertisement was trying to brainwash consumers into buying unnecessary products.

   🇫🇷endoctriner par la force

   Synonymes: conditionindoctrinateprogram

2. Persuade completely B2 informal

   To convince someone completely, often through repeated or manipulative messaging.

   • The politician's speeches seemed to brainwash the audience into supporting his policies.
   • He was brainwashed by the constant propaganda on social media.
   • They tried to brainwash her into believing that the product was essential for her health.

   🇫🇷conditionner

   Synonymes: conditionconvertconvinceindoctrinateinfluenceprogramsway

• brainwashed past participle
• brainwashed past simple
• brainwashing present participle
• brainwashes third person singular