menticide

menticide
men·ti·cide 'ment-ə-.sīd n a systematic and intentional undermining of a person's conscious mind: BRAINWASHING

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men·ti·cide (menґtĭ-sīd) [mental1 + -cide] brainwashing.

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  • Menticide — Infobox Single Name = Menticide Artist = Menticide Released = 27 October 2006 Format = Recorded = Genre = EBM / Industrial Length = 10:20 Label = SubSpace (Scandinavia) Writer = Christiaan Riemslag Producer = Menticide is the first official… …   Wikipedia

  • Menticide (band) — Infobox musical artist Name = Menticide Img capt = From L to R: Damm, Riemslag Img size = 141 Background = group or band Alias = Origin = Genre = EBM / Industrial Years active = 2006 present Label = SubSpace (Scandinavia) Infacted (Europe)… …   Wikipedia

  • menticide — /men teuh suyd /, n. 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. [1950 55; < L ment (s. of mens) MIND + I + …   Universalium

  • menticide — noun brain washing See Also: menticidal …   Wiktionary

  • menticide — reduction of mind by psychological pressure Killing and Killers …   Phrontistery dictionary

  • menticide — mentɪsaɪd n. brain washing, systematic replacement of a person s beliefs …   English contemporary dictionary

  • menticide — men·ti·cide …   English syllables

  • menticide — ˈmentəˌsīd noun ( s) Etymology: menti + cide : a systematic and intentional undermining of a person s conscious mind for the purpose of instilling doubt and replacing that doubt with ideas and attitudes directly inimical to his normal ideas and… …   Useful english dictionary

  • N.M.E. — Infobox Album | Name = N.M.E. Type = Album Artist = Menticide Released = 30 May 2007 (SubSpace) 1 June 2007 (Infacted) 1 October (Gravitator) Genre = EBM / Industrial Length = 36:24 Label = SubSpace (Scandinavia) Infacted (Europe) Gravitator… …   Wikipedia

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