mindwash
mindwash noun: synonym of brainwash.
Noun
mindwash (countable and uncountable, plural mindwashes)
- Synonym of brainwash.
- There are six picas to an inch… you can work out what that would be in metric if you’re really into government mindwash.1985 October, Steve Rimmer, “Typesetting for Printer Owners”, in Computing Now!, volume 3, number 7, Moorshead Publications, page 9, column 1
- But if you say to somebody long enough that they can’t play, it becomes a mindwash.1991, Tommy John, Dan Valenti, TJ: My Twenty-six Years in Baseball, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 139
- Synonyms:
- brainwash
Verb
mindwash (third-person singular simple present mindwashes, present participle mindwashing, simple past and past participle mindwashed)
- Synonym of brainwash.
- The design, of course, is to mindwash the American people into the necessity of an armed international police force and a world court that would supersede and nullify our Constitution and Bill of Rights.1962 April 9, Congressional Record, page A2726, column 3
- With the President of the United States threatening me with prison, with numerous attempts made to assassinate me and with the Jew-controlled press mindwashing the public into believing that I was a rabble-rouser and a dangerous man, where could I turn?1972 April, Gerald L[yman] K[enneth] Smith, “I Confess”, in The Cross and The Flag, volume 31, number 1, Christian Nationalist Crusade, page 22, column 2
- Synonyms:
- brainwash
Examples of mindwash in a sentence
- The Moroder-tinged Automatic is as frantic as the ethereal Speechless is haunting, each using ambient breakbeats for equally effective mindwashes.2001 April 14, Nick Lewis, “Wave Of Light By Wave Of Light”, in Edmonton Journal, page C3:
- Under the old rules—the mindwash of terror my mother’s system of belief favored—curiosity was dangerous.2004, Anna Cypra Oliver, Assembling My Father: A Daughter’s Detective Story, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company...
- She couldn’t speak for her friends, but she definitely didn’t feel up to performing a mindwash.2020, Tera Lynn Childs, Myths, Mermaids, and Monsters, Fearless Alchemy, →ISBN:
- In Iran, she’d first attempted to mindwash the Jehorkhim followers of the Imam; she’d succeeded only partially because she’d been able to learn their fears and devils.1990, G[eorge] Harry Stine, Blood Siege (Warbots; 9), Pinnacle Books, →ISBN, page 225:
Synonyms of mindwash
Forms of mindwash
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | mindwashes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | mindwashes |
| present participle | mindwashing |
| past participle | mindwashed |
| past | mindwashed |
Origin of mindwash
From mind + wash.
Questions about mindwash
- What does mindwash mean?
- Mindwash means synonym of brainwash.
- How do you use mindwash in a sentence?
- The Moroder-tinged Automatic is as frantic as the ethereal Speechless is haunting, each using ambient breakbeats for equally effective mindwashes.
- What part of speech is mindwash?
- Mindwash can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of mindwash?
- The plural of mindwash is mindwashes.
Words near mindwash in the dictionary
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