unbrainwashed
- adjective
- /ʌnˈbreɪnˌwɑʃt/
:
no adoctrinado
Examples
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Then we'll recruit the now unbrainwashed Barbies to our cause.
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Many people believe that an unbrainwashed perspective is crucial for independent thinking.
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She remains unbrainwashed despite the pressure to conform to popular beliefs.
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The debate focused on how to keep students unbrainwashed in a world full of propaganda.
Synonyms
Not taught to accept a group's beliefs without question
Antonyms
Someone who has had their beliefs changed by strong, unfair pressure from other people
How Brainwashed
Surface Forms
Morphology
unbrainwashed = brainwashed (transparent) = un + brain + wash + ed
Standard negation with 'un-' applied to the adjective 'brainwashed', yielding 'not brainwashed'.
Etymology
Unbrainwashed is made of the parts un- 'not' and brainwashed, a modern picture of 'washing' the brain to remove old ideas. So unbrainwashed means 'not made to think differently', someone who kept their original beliefs even after strong pressure.
