ajupesu

Estonian

Etymology

From aju +‎ pesu, a calque of English brainwashing, itself a calque from Chinese 洗腦／洗脑 (xǐnǎo). Compare Finnish aivopesu.

Noun

ajupesu (genitive ajupesu, partitive ajupesu)

  1. brainwashing

Declension

Declension of ajupesu (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative ajupesu ajupesud
accusative nom.
gen. ajupesu
genitive ajupesude
partitive ajupesu ajupesusid
illative ajupessu
ajupesusse 		ajupesudesse
inessive ajupesus ajupesudes
elative ajupesust ajupesudest
allative ajupesule ajupesudele
adessive ajupesul ajupesudel
ablative ajupesult ajupesudelt
translative ajupesuks ajupesudeks
terminative ajupesuni ajupesudeni
essive ajupesuna ajupesudena
abessive ajupesuta ajupesudeta
comitative ajupesuga ajupesudega
  • ajupesema
  • ajupestud

Further reading

  • ajupesu in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • “ajupesu”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
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