mind control
Dominating another's thoughts
Mind control is the attempt to manipulate someone's thoughts, beliefs, or behavior through psychological techniques—brainwashing, hypnosis, propaganda, or coercion.
The term often appears in discussions of cults, authoritarian regimes, or conspiracy theories: The cult leader used mind control tactics on his followers.
In fiction, mind control is a supernatural or technological ability to override another's will entirely.
- brainwashingCoercive psychological manipulation
- indoctrinationSystematic uncritical belief instillation
- mesmerismTrance-inducing influence
- hypnotismTrance-inducing practice
- thought reformCoerced ideological conversion
MK Ultra · Manchurian candidate · sleeper agent · subliminal · manipulation · telepathy · behavior modification · cults · mental conditioning · Stockholm syndrome · suggestion · psychological manipulation · gaslighting · trance states · psychological coercion · groupthink · thought police · zombie
- controlcommand, management, supervision, guidance, steering
- Mad Scientistmad scientist, secret lab, lab coat, laboratory, evil genius
- mythical powersimmortality, shapeshifting, telepathy, teleportation, invisibility
- sci-fi techteleporter, time travel, cryonics, force fields, time machine
- sci-fi tropesalien invasion, time travel, teleportation, first contact, robot uprising
- superpowerstelekinesis, telepathy, superpower, invisibility, force powers
mind controlfree will
Autonomous choice capacity
autonomy · self-determination · free thought · free agency · intellectual freedom
mind controlpersuasion
Convincing through reasoning
informed consent · open dialogue · education · reasoning · free exchange of ideas
mind controlmental clarity
Sharpness of thought
clear thinking · lucidity · independent thought · awakening · deprogramming
mind, control, remind, mindful, reminder, minded, controller, controlled, reminded