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inculcate
[in-kuhl-keyt, in-kuhl-keyt]
verb (used with object)
to implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly (usually followed by upon orin ).
to inculcate virtue in the young.
Synonyms: , ,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
(tr) to instil by forceful or insistent repetition
Other Word Forms
- inculcation noun
- inculcative adjective
- inculcatory adjective
- inculcator noun
- ˈԳܱˌٴǰ noun
- ˌԳܱˈپDz noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of inculcate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of inculcate1
Example Sentences
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.
Athletic contests are a schoolhouse of democracy that inculcates the habits of civic engagement necessary for a free people to thrive.
Yet his father’s values — like championing Indigenous rights and valuing education —- were inculcated in the young boy.
To inculcate “patriotism” and martial pride, he invited retired soldiers to campus and proposed putting a battle tank on display.
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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