menticide

[ men-tuh-sahyd ]

/ ˈmɛn təˌsaɪd /

noun

the systematic effort to undermine and destroy a person's values and beliefs, as by the use of prolonged interrogation, drugs, torture, etc., and to induce radically different ideas.

Nearby words

mentes, menthaceous, menthene, menthol, mentholated, menticide, mention, mentmore, mentoanterior position, menton, mentonnière

Origin of menticide

1950–55; < Latin ment- (stem of mēns) mind + -i- + -cide