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verb (used with object), in·doc·tri·nat·ed, in·doc·tri·nat·ing.
1.
to instruct in a doctrine, principle, ideology, etc., especially 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 + Medieval Latin doctrīnātus past participle of doctrīnāre to teach; see doctrine, -ate1
1620–30; in-2 + Medieval Latin doctrīnātus past participle of doctrīnāre to teach; see doctrine, -ate1
Related forms
in·doc·tri·na·tion, noun
in·doc·tri·na·tor, noun
re·in·doc·tri·nate, verb (used with object), -nat·ed, -nat·ing.
un·in·doc·tri·nat·ed, adjective
Synonyms
1. brainwash, propagandize.
1. brainwash, propagandize.
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- Religious schools, or madrasas, still indoctrinate and recruit boys to fight abroad.
- The job of professors is not to indoctrinate students into their social views.
- It is not hard to find evidence of a desire to indoctrinate.
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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.
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