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brain-wash

brain-wash is the alternative spelling of brainwash.

Meaning of brainwash

Noun

brainwash (plural brainwashes)

  1. A distorting effect upon one's memory, belief, or ideas, as by propaganda.

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Forms of brain-wash

third-person singular presentbrain-washes
present participlebrain-washing
past participlebrain-washed
pastbrain-washed

Questions about brain-wash

What is brain-wash the alternative spelling of?
Brain-wash is the alternative spelling of brainwash.

Words near brain-wash in the dictionary

  1. brain-tapes
  2. brain-teaser
  3. brain-teasers
  4. brain-tickler
  5. brain-ticklers
  6. brain-wash
  7. brain-washed
  8. brain-washes
  9. brain-washing
  10. brain-washings
  11. brain-worm

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