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Brainwashing

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)

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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)

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  • Forced Indoctrination
  • Mind Control
  • Control, Mind
  • Forced Indoctrinations
  • Indoctrination, Forced
  • Indoctrinations, Forced
  • Mind Controls

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2024

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  1. L01w.143w.762w.500w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Brainwashing. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000096965. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000096965
  2. Brainwashing. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainwashing
  3. Brainwashing. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q743263