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- Dictionarybrainwash/ˈbreɪnwɒʃ/
verb
- 1. pressurize (someone) into adopting radically different beliefs by using systematic and often forcible means: "people are brainwashed into believing family life is the best"
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4 days ago · The Boys successfully interweaves the real-life weaponization of ordinary people’s media literacy to deform their definition of “heroism”, mirroring narratives of real-life figures, like politicians, whose real natures are often obscured and purified, to brainwash vulnerable people into viewing them as larger-than-life figures despite knowing their corruption.
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