🇬🇧🇪🇸 brainwashing - lavado del cerebro : English Lesson

Meaning of "brainwashing" ("lavado del cerebro"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Brainwashing is when a person or group tries to control what someone believes by repeating the same messages again and again and not allowing them to hear any different opinions or facts. Over time, the person may start to believe these ideas automatically, even if they are not true, because they are not allowed to think for themselves or compare with other information.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

The twins plotted brainwashing to make their parents believe that bedtime for kids should be 2 minutes after bedtime for adults.

Our gym teacher warned us that the couch does secret brainwashing to make us believe we are too tired to exercise but not too tired for snacks.

My stomach did brainwashing on my brain, repeating, "You are starving," even though I had just eaten three sandwiches and a muffin.

My little brother’s poster campaign was pure brainwashing: pictures everywhere saying, "Sharing candy with brothers brings good luck."

Some people call very heavy advertising a kind of brainwashing, because it keeps repeating the same message so often that you start to believe it without really thinking about it.

A boy sits in a small room watching the same screen. The screen repeats slogans; the voice insists. The crowd praises him for echoing the brainwashing lines. He feels dizzy from the steady brainwashing, brainwashing that blocks his own questions, brainwashing like slow rain, brainwashing settling on his mind. At last he turns the screen off, gasping and free.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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