~ sb (into doing sth) to force sb to accept your ideas or beliefs, for example by repeating the same thing many times or by preventing the person from thinking clearly:
[VN] The group is accused of brainwashing its young members. * Women have been brainwashed into thinking that they must go out to work in order to fulfil themselves. [also VN, VNtoinf]
brainwashing noun [U]:
the victims of brainwashing and torture
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