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brainwashing

process in which a group or individual "systematically uses unethically manipulative methods to persuade others to conform to the wishes of the manipulator(s), often to the detriment of the person being manipulated"
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Summary

brainwashing ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,506 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: change[2], management cybernetics[3]
  • Commons category: Brainwashing[4]
  • Described at URL: https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111450858-003/html[5]
  • Has effect: mind control[6]
  • Different from: mind control[7]
  • Uses: useful idiot[8]
  • Class of object(s) of occurrence: consciousness[9]
  • P14541: 1tyuBE[10]

Why It Matters

brainwashing has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] brainwashing is known by 74 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → brainwashing
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: brainwashing, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289920121|brainwashing (#289920121)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1tyuBE
    Svkkl authority id → 0262008-brainwashing
    Image → Brainwashing 1, acrílico sobre lienzo, 100 x 80 cms.JPG
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has effect → mind control
    Uses → —
    Uses → useful idiot
    Subclass of → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007283698505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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