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
Main Entry: men·ti·cide Pronunciation: 'ment-&-"sId Function: noun : a systematic and intentional undermining of a person's conscious mind :BRAINWASHING