Timeline for Why did ‘brainwash’ develop to be a negative word?
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| May 31, 2022 at 19:23 | comment | added | Andrew T. | @ToddWilcox Hagen's comment is correct though in this case. The word xinao is 洗脑, where 洗 means "wash" and 脑 means "brain". | |
| May 30, 2022 at 0:58 | comment | added | Todd Wilcox | @HagenvonEitzen it could be a mistake, but it could be correct. Repeating a word can change its meaning in some languages. For example, in Japanese, “toki” means “time”, and “tokidoki” means, “from time to time”. (The second toki has its t replaced with d in pronunciation.) | |
| May 29, 2022 at 20:25 | comment | added | Hagen von Eitzen | Your answer had me submit a comment to etymologynerd.com, because I suppose that xi means "wash", not (also) "brain" | |
| May 28, 2022 at 18:50 | history | edited | user 66974 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 28, 2022 at 18:26 | history | answered | user 66974 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |