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indoctrinate
[ in-dok-truh-neyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to instruct in a doctrine, principle, ideology, etc., especially to imbue with a specific partisan or biased belief or point of view.
Synonyms: propagandize, brainwash
- to teach or inculcate.
- to imbue with learning.
indoctrinate
/ ɪnˈdɒktrɪˌneɪt /
verb
- to teach (a person or group of people) systematically to accept doctrines, esp uncritically
- rare.to impart learning to; instruct
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Derived Forms
- inˈdoctriˌnator, noun
- inˌdoctriˈnation, noun
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Other Words From
- in·doc·tri·na·tion [in-dok-tr, uh, -, ney, -sh, uh, n], noun
- in·doc·tri·na·tor noun
- re·in·doc·tri·nate verb (used with object) reindoctrinated reindoctrinating
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Word History and Origins
Origin of indoctrinate1
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Example Sentences
They want to indoctrinate impressionable young minds by placing these gay characters on pedestals in a positive light.
He then proceeded to rant about “liberal college professors” trying to “indoctrinate” students.
Santorum also complains about “some liberal college professor … trying to indoctrinate” students.
I also tried through my own newspaper to indoctrinate the people, but my mind grew more and more embarrassed.
Better to save one sinner from an obvious vice that is destroying him, than to indoctrinate ten thousand saints.
It is not at all the idea to carry over one of our professors each year and indoctrinate him with the true culture at its source.
Located in Bucharest, both of these institutions are designed to train and indoctrinate key bureaucratic personnel.
She begged him to indoctrinate his successor, Mr. Edward Stanhope.
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