lobotomized
Brain surgically severed
Lobotomized describes someone who has undergone a lobotomy—a surgical procedure that severs connections in the brain's prefrontal lobe, once used to treat mental illness.
The procedure often left patients passive and emotionally flattened, which gives the figurative sense: rendered unable to think clearly or respond normally.
I felt lobotomized after that meeting.
The lobotomized protagonist shuffled through the ward.
Before the frontal lobe
- neurosurgeryMedical field treating brain surgically
- psychosurgerySurgery for mental illness
- leucotomyPrefrontal nerve-severing procedure
- lobectomySurgical removal of lobe
frontal · icepick · transorbital · Freeman · operation · surgery · scalpel · anesthesia
Altered characteristic behavior patterns
- memory lossFailure to recall
- cognitive deficitsReduced intellectual functioning
- apathyAbsence of feeling
- docilityReadiness to submit
incontinence · seizures · aphasia · motor impairment · passivity · compliance · dependency · vegetative
Lacking physical sensation
detached · unfeeling · expressionless · deadened · flat · empty · lifeless · robotic
Without cerebral function
- mindlessLacking thought or awareness
- zombieReanimated dead body
- vegetableEdible plant part
- droneUnmanned flying machine
automaton · simpleton · dimwit · brainless · vacant · clueless · oblivious · unthinking
Pressured compliance through threats
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- malpracticeHarmful professional negligence
- unethicalViolating moral standards
- eugenicsControlled human reproduction theory
human rights · antipsychiatry · oversight · stigma · abuse · exploitation · vulnerable · institutional
Emptied of contents
- neuteredRendered infertile surgically
- defangedMade less dangerous
- sanitizedCleansed of contaminants
- censoredSuppressed from publication
dumbed-down · watered-down · stripped · hollowed · emasculated · bowdlerized · castrated · declawed
prefrontal
Before the frontal lobe
- neurosurgeryMedical field treating brain surgically
- psychosurgerySurgery for mental illness
- leucotomyPrefrontal nerve-severing procedure
lobectomy · frontal · icepick · transorbital · Freeman · operation · surgery · scalpel · anesthesia · hospital
personality change
Altered characteristic behavior patterns
- memory lossFailure to recall
- cognitive deficitsReduced intellectual functioning
- apathyAbsence of feeling
docility · incontinence · seizures · aphasia · motor impairment · passivity · compliance · dependency · vegetative · irreversible
numb
Lacking physical sensation
hollow · detached · unfeeling · expressionless · deadened · flat · empty · lifeless · robotic · glazed
braindead
Without cerebral function
drone · automaton · simpleton · dimwit · brainless · vacant · clueless · oblivious · unthinking
coercion
Pressured compliance through threats
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- malpracticeHarmful professional negligence
- unethicalViolating moral standards
eugenics · human rights · antipsychiatry · oversight · stigma · abuse · exploitation · vulnerable · institutional · involuntary
gutted
Emptied of contents
censored · dumbed-down · watered-down · stripped · hollowed · emasculated · bowdlerized · castrated · declawed · tamed
lobotomizedsharp
Fine-edged, or astute
alert · quick-witted · sharp-minded · keen · bright
lobotomizedpassionate
Intensely emotional or enthusiastic
spirited · animated · expressive · feeling · sensitive