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menticidal

menticidal adjective: relating to, or causing, brain-washing.

Adjective

menticidal (comparative more menticidal, superlative most menticidal)

  1. Relating to, or causing, brain-washing.
    • Significantly, the author does not stop after discussing the criminal menticidal tactics of totalitarian states.1956, Institute of Living, Digest of neurology and psychiatry, volume 24, page 341

Forms of menticidal

comparativemore menticidal
superlativemost menticidal

Questions about menticidal

What does menticidal mean?
Menticidal means relating to, or causing, brain-washing.
What part of speech is menticidal?
Menticidal is an adjective.

Words near menticidal in the dictionary

  1. Menthorpe
  2. menthyl
  3. menthylamine
  4. menthylamines
  5. menthyls
  6. menticidal
  7. menticide
  8. menticides
  9. menticultural
  10. menticulture
  11. mentifact

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