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Indoctrinate

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in⋅doc⋅tri⋅nate

  [in-dok-truh-neyt]
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–verb (used with object), -nat⋅ed, -nat⋅ing.
1. to instruct in a doctrine, principle, ideology, etc., esp. to imbue with a specific partisan or biased belief or point of view.
2. to teach or inculcate.
3. to imbue with learning.
Origin:
1620–30; in- 2 + ML doctrīnātus ptp. of doctrīnāre to teach; see doctrine, -ate 1

Related forms:
in⋅doc⋅tri⋅na⋅tion, noun
in⋅doc⋅tri⋅na⋅tor, noun

Synonyms:
1. brainwash, propagandize.
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in·doc·tri·nate   (ĭn-dŏk'trə-nāt')   
tr.v.   in·doc·tri·nat·ed, in·doc·tri·nat·ing, in·doc·tri·nates

  1. To instruct in a body of doctrine or principles.

  2. To imbue with a partisan or ideological point of view: a generation of children who had been indoctrinated against the values of their parents.

in·doc'tri·na'tion n.
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Word Origin & History

indoctrinate 
1626, "to teach," from in- "in" + L. doctrina "teaching" (see doctrine). Meaning "to imbue with an idea or opinion" first recorded 1832. Indoctrination in ref. to communist activities is from 1950.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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