Synonyms for brainwash
ˈbreɪnˌwɒʃ, -ˌwɔʃbrain·wash

Princeton's WordNet

1. brainwashverb

   persuade completely, often through coercion

   "The propaganda brainwashed many people"

2. brainwashverb

   submit to brainwashing; indoctrinate forcibly

Matched Categories

1. • Indoctrinate
   • Persuade

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:2.7 / 3 votes

1. drink the kool-aid

   to follow someone or something, unquestionably without research.

   "the jonestown massacre is where the phrase drinking the kool-aid derived!"

   Submitted by anonymous on February 5, 2020  

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1. Robert Baumann:

   Dear C, If I let them take her and vaccinate her and brainwash her, I wouldn't be doing what's right. I cannot let a judge tell me how my daughter should be raised. We will miss you, but I had to leave. I know she will be safer and happier with my family and I. Love, Meg and Lilly. i think if something was to happen to my daughter, I don't think Megan's going to go and seek medical attention.

2. Ana Bouza:

   I was president of the school government, and they were trying to brainwash us into thinking that they were bringing benefits and well-being to the people, obviously not. Right now, that country, the one that I was born in, is even worse than the day that I left. So I’m thankful to be here. I would defend this country (the U.S.), with my life if I had to.

3. Mohammed Shafiq:

   If you are a boy, they will brainwash you, strap bombs to your body and blow you up, if you are a girl, they will enslave and abuse you.

4. Prime Minister Tony Abbott:

   It is absolutely critical that the people of Australia appreciate that the death cult is reaching out to vulnerable and impressionable young people, the death cult is reaching out, seeking effectively to brainwash people online.

5. Kevin McGary:

   They’re undermining our children, they are taking the position as if they have the right to propagandize them, brainwash them and then use them for radical purposes with radical ends.