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is brainwashing

  • present progressive
    of brainwash (3rd person singular).
    brainwash
    verb (used with object)
    to cause (someone) to undergo brainwashing.

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“He is brainwashing a generation of boys, and it’s very frightening,” she said.

From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2023

"I am attempting not to be judgmental of the Marine Corps, but to some degree, what is happening in boot camp is brainwashing."

From Salon ● Nov. 18, 2022

I don’t know if that was a lie, or if she changed her mind, or if her birth mom is brainwashing her.

From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2021

He added, “The subtext is brainwashing that went on after the armistice. I think ‘The Manchurian Candidate’ must have found some of its material in those cases.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2018

In “The Manchurian Candidate,” the topic is brainwashing.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 8, 2003