1. Forcible indoctrination into a new set of attitudes and beliefs
   "The prisoners underwent brainwashing to alter their political views"

1. Submit to brainwashing; indoctrinate forcibly
   "The captives were brainwashed into supporting their captors' ideology"
    
2. Persuade completely, often through coercion
   "The propaganda brainwashed many people"

Derived forms: brainwashings

Type of: indoctrinate, indoctrination, persuade

Encyclopedia: Brainwashing