force-feeding
Involuntary intake procedure
Force-feeding is compelling someone to eat against their will, typically by inserting a tube through the nose or throat.
The practice appears in contexts of hunger strikes, torture, and animal agriculture—particularly the fattening of geese for foie gras.
Figuratively, to force-feed is to impose information or content on unwilling recipients: The algorithm force-feeds users political content.
US base in Cuba
- detaineesPeople held in custody
- hunger strikeProtest through refusing food
- prisonersIncarcerated individuals
- tortureDeliberate infliction of suffering
inhumane · coercion · involuntary · compulsion · Geneva Conventions · international law · ethics · human rights
Fattened waterfowl liver
- ducksWaterfowl or evades
- geesePlural of goose
- poultryBirds raised for food
- fatteningPromoting weight gain
livestock · overfeeding · husbandry · agribusiness · intensive farming · factory farming · battery cages · funnel
Systematic uncritical belief instillation
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- brainwashingCoercive psychological manipulation
- impositionUnfair demand on someone
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
cramming · overwhelming · bombardment · saturation · drilling · inundation · compulsory · manipulation
Nose-to-stomach route
- enteralPertaining to intestines
- parenteralNot via alimentary canal
- intravenousInto the vein
- nutrientLife-sustaining substance
formula · supplemental · nutrition · caloric intake · nourishment · intubation · sustenance · regimen
Guantanamo
US base in Cuba
- detaineesPeople held in custody
- hunger strikeProtest through refusing food
- prisonersIncarcerated individuals
torture · inhumane · coercion · involuntary · compulsion · Geneva Conventions · international law · ethics · human rights · medical ethics
foie gras
Fattened waterfowl liver
fattening · livestock · overfeeding · husbandry · agribusiness · intensive farming · factory farming · battery cages · funnel · corn mash
indoctrination
Systematic uncritical belief instillation
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- brainwashingCoercive psychological manipulation
- impositionUnfair demand on someone
coercion · cramming · overwhelming · bombardment · saturation · drilling · inundation · compulsory · manipulation
nasogastric
Nose-to-stomach route
- enteralPertaining to intestines
- parenteralNot via alimentary canal
- intravenousInto the vein
nutrient · formula · supplemental · nutrition · caloric intake · nourishment · intubation · sustenance · regimen · infusion
- Too Muchoverflowing, spilling, flooding, stuffing, cramming
- Suffrageright to vote, suffragette, suffrage movement, suffragettes, votes for women
force-feedingstarvation
Extreme nutritional deprivation
starving · fasting · hunger strike · anorexia · going hungry
force-feedingnourishing
Promoting health through food
nurturing · intuitive eating · healthy eating · grazing · nursing
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