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  • noun brain-washing

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Examples

  • Carruthers's concerns about "menticide" and "genocide" at the hand of America's white supremacist system seem to be echoed in an SSAVC document that says: "Our children need to understand the historical context of our struggles for liberation from those forces that seek to destroy us."

    Assyrian International News Agency 2008

  • The word “menticide”—brainwashing—coined by black psychologist Bobby Wright, perfectly depicts my state of mind.

    Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007

  • The word “menticide”—brainwashing—coined by black psychologist Bobby Wright, perfectly depicts my state of mind.

    Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007

  • The word “menticide”—brainwashing—coined by black psychologist Bobby Wright, perfectly depicts my state of mind.

    Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007

  • The word “menticide”—brainwashing—coined by black psychologist Bobby Wright, perfectly depicts my state of mind.

    Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007

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  • Brainwashing. (Luciferous Logolepsy)

    May 16, 2008

  • menticide – the undermining or destruction of a person's mind or will, esp. by systematic means such as mental and physical torture, extensive interrogation, suggestion, training, and narcotics (WWFTD)

    July 27, 2008