How do you say “brainwashing” in Vietnamese?

Q: How do you say "brainwashing" in Vietnamese?

"Brainwashing" in Vietnamese is tẩy não (to brainwash).

“Brainwashing” in Vietnamese is tẩy não (to brainwash).

Vietnamese words for “brainwashing”

tẩy nãoverb
Hanoi [təj˧˩ naːw˦ˀ˥] · Saigon [təj˨˩˦ naːw˨˩˦]tẩy dipping não creaky rising
to brainwash
for “brainwashing” meaning: A form of indoctrination that forces people to abandon their beliefs in favour of another set of beliefs by conditioning through various forms of pressure or torture.

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