What does menticide mean?
Menticide means Brain-washing, conditioning people to abandon their beliefs..
Menticide
Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Meaning
Brain-washing, conditioning people to abandon their beliefs..
Definitions by Sense
- Brain-washing, conditioning people to abandon their beliefs.
- Efforts to destroy the mind or the will of an individual or group of people.
Example Sentences
In the last phases of brainwashing and menticide, the self-humiliating submission of the victims serves as an inner defensive device annihilating the prosecuting inquisitor in a magic way.
In response, black groups accuse school personnel of practicing genocide and "menticide" (miseducation) for allowing black children to get away with conduct they would not condone in white children.
I wanted then — and I want today — no laws against "mental kidnapping" or "mentacide" or any other socially unacceptable state of mind.
Synonyms for menticide
Antonyms for menticide
Related Words
Word Forms
- menticides
- mentacide
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How do you use menticide in a sentence?
In the last phases of brainwashing and menticide, the self-humiliating submission of the victims serves as an inner defensive device annihilating the prosecuting inquisitor in a magic way.
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