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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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brain-washing

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brain-washing

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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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洗脳：圧力や拷問など様々な手段で対象の信念を強制的に放棄させ、新たな信念体系を受け入れさせるために行われる思想や行動の再教育の一形態

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The survivors testified that the cult used prolonged isolation and sleep deprivation for brain-washing new recruits.

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生存者たちは、教団が新入信者を洗脳するために長期の隔離と睡眠剥奪を用いたと証言した。

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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

So it came about, through Pavlov's work, that the Soviets developed and perfected the 'brain-washing' technique seen to be so effective in the state trials of the 1930s. An amazed world witnessed the sight of intelligent and renowned figures genuinely confessing to criminal acts against the state, or voicing ideological dogma in a total reversal of their previously held values.

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