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Apollonicon (iou) and brainwash (oh)


Apollonicon (iou)



Apollonicon noun. E19.
[formed as APOLLONIAN after HARMONICON.]
Hist. An organ of great power and complexity, exhibited in London in the early 19th cent.

brainwash (oh)



to make someone believe something that is not true, by using force, confusing them, or continuously repeating it over a long period of time
::Young people are being brainwashed by this religious group.
brainwash sb into doing sth
::Commercials brainwash consumers into buying things they don't need.
-- brainwashing n [U]