brainwashed

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

• 🇵🇹Descreve uma pessoa submetida a uma lavagem cerebral, ou seja, a um processo intenso e sistemático de manipulação psicológica e ideológica para mudar suas crenças, opiniões ou comportamento. Pode também qualificar ideias, discursos ou conteúdos resultantes dessa manipulação.

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.

   🇵🇹Submetido a lavagem cerebral

   Sinônimos: conditioned

   Antônimos: 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.

• 🇵🇹Verbo usado para indicar a ação de forçar alguém a mudar suas crenças ou pontos de vista por meio de intensa pressão psicológica ou manipulação.

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.

   🇵🇹Fazer lavagem cerebral

   Sinônimos: 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.

   🇵🇹Fazer lavagem cerebral

   Sinônimos: conditionconvertconvinceindoctrinateinfluenceprogramsway

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