brainwash
/ˈbreɪnˌwɑʃ/, /-ˌwɔʃ/ v [T]Definition
› to make people believe only what you want them to believe by continually telling them that it is true and preventing any other information from reaching them: Could it be that we’re brainwashed to accept these things?
(Definition of brainwash v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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