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August 1, 2009


menticide

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men⋅ti⋅cide

  [men-tuh-sahyd]  Show IPA
-noun
the systematic effort to undermine and destroy a person's values and beliefs, as by the use of prolonged interrogation, drugs, torture, etc., and to induce radically different ideas.
Origin: 
1950-55; < L ment- (s. of mēns) mind + -i- + -cide 
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Main Entry:  menticide
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  brainwashing; the 'killing' of mind through brainwashing
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: men·ti·cide
Pronunciation: 'ment-&-"sId
Function: noun
: a systematic and intentional undermining of a person's conscious mind : BRAINWASHING
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc. 
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