Définitions
1.NounA distorting effect upon one's memory, belief, or ideas, as by propaganda.
2.VerbTo affect one's mind by using extreme mental pressure or any other mind-affecting process. (e.g. hypnosis)
3.VerbTo take from an electronically controlled machine its stored-up information; to erase a computer's programming. (1960)
4.VerbTo persuade completely and forcibly."The news media brainwashed many people."