brainwashing

n. a broad class of intense and often coercive tactics intended to produce profound changes in attitudes, beliefs, and emotions. Targets of such tactics have typically been prisoners of war and members of religious cults. See also psychological kidnapping.

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March 16th 2025

phantom

1. an illusion without material substance.

2. the feeling that an amputated body part (e.g., a limb or breast) is still present. See breast-phantom phenomenon; phantom limb; pseudoesthesia.