Indoctrination
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Indoctrination is the process of inculcating a person or people into an ideology, often avoiding critical analysis. It can refer to a general process of socialization. The term often implies forms of
Hitler Youth members performing the Nazi salute at a rally at the Lustgarten in Berlin, 1933
"Young Pioneer guards of honor". Moscow, 1984
Standard Form 312, a legally binding agreement that U.S. personnel must sign to access classified information.
Brainwashing
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Brainwashing refers to the idea that an individual can get someone to adopt a particular doctrine or belief using purported methods that manipulate action or thought against a person's will, desire, o
Indoctrination
…person or people into an ideology, often avoiding critical analysis. It can refer to a general process of socialization. The term often implies forms of brainwashing or disagreeable forms of socialization. However, it can refer to both positive and negative forms of cultural transmission, and some academics consider…
Protester in Hong Kong wearing headgear opposing "political brainwashing". The headgear containes the word "洗腦" (brainwashing) behind a prohibition symbol.
Bank robbery by Patty Hearst said to be brainwashed by the Symbionese Liberation Army.
Philip Zimbardo, psychologist and professor at Stanford University.
Joost Meerloo