menticide

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(mentə sīd′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
men•ti•cide  (mentə sīd′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Sociologythe 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.
  • Latin ment- (stem of mēns) mind + -i- + -cide
  • 1950–55


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