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inculcate

[in-kuhl-keyt, in-kuhl-keyt]

verb (used with object)

inculcated, inculcating 
  1. to implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly (usually followed by upon orin ).

    to inculcate virtue in the young.

    Synonyms: , ,
  2. to cause or influence (someone) to accept an idea or feeling (usually followed bywith ).

    Socrates inculcated his pupils with the love of truth.



inculcate

/ ˈɪnkʌlˌkeɪt, ɪnˈkʌlkeɪt /

verb

  1. (tr) to instil by forceful or insistent repetition

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Other Word Forms

  • inculcation noun
  • inculcative adjective
  • inculcatory adjective
  • inculcator noun
  • ˈԳܱˌٴǰ noun
  • ˌԳܱˈپDz noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of inculcate1

First recorded in 1540–50; from Latin Գܱٳܲ, past participle of Գܱ “to trample, impress, stuff in,” equivalent to in- “in” + culc- (variant, in noninitial position, of calc-, stem of calx “heel”) + -ٳܲ past participle suffix; in- 2, -ate 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of inculcate1

C16: from Latin Գܱ to tread upon, ram down, from in- ² + to trample, from calx heel
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Example Sentences

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that as a grant recipient, the health center had to immediately terminate programs “promoting or inculcating gender ideology” supported with the grant.

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Athletic contests are a schoolhouse of democracy that inculcates the habits of civic engagement necessary for a free people to thrive.

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Yet his father’s values — like championing Indigenous rights and valuing education —- were inculcated in the young boy.

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To inculcate “patriotism” and martial pride, he invited retired soldiers to campus and proposed putting a battle tank on display.

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Despite being physically gone, Numa continues to narrate the course of the film, a deliberate storytelling choice by Bayona that inculcates the theme of consumption as a type of communion.

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