as in brainwashing
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Noun
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By mid-season, Dale is convinced that Hank’s new, thoroughly un-American love of soccer could only be the result of a Manchurian Candidate–style brainwashing.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
25 July 2025 -
If these universities are truly the factories of leftist brainwashing that conservatives claim, shouldn’t these men have emerged as progressive ideologues themselves?—
James Unnever,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 May 2025
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As with Mozart, Renoir’s overt effervescence offers a fanciful tour of a charming hell on earth—and tempts viewers with its seductions.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
30 July 2025
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For Wheezy’s seduction to have worked, Felix had to let himself be seduced.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 July 2025
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“Overpersuasion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overpersuasion. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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