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indoctrinate

[in-dok-truh-neyt]

verb (used with object)

indoctrinated, indoctrinating 
  1. to instruct in a doctrine, principle, ideology, etc., especially to imbue with a specific partisan or biased belief or point of view.

    Synonyms: ,
  2. to teach or inculcate.

  3. to imbue with learning.



indoctrinate

/ ɪˈɒٰɪˌԱɪ /

verb

  1. to teach (a person or group of people) systematically to accept doctrines, esp uncritically

  2. rareto impart learning to; instruct

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • indoctrination noun
  • indoctrinator noun
  • reindoctrinate verb (used with object)
  • ˈdzٰˌԲٴǰ noun
  • ˌdzٰˈԲپDz noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of indoctrinate1

First recorded in 1620–30; in- 2 + Medieval Latin dzٰīٳܲ, past participle of dzٰī “to teach”; doctrine, -ate 1
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He said he felt compelled to shout facts about Trump at the guardsmen because he feared the young men have been “indoctrinated against their own citizens.”

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"Smartphones are now part and parcel of the way North Korea tries to indoctrinate people", says Mr Williams.

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Israelis saw the young age of Manasra and his cousin at the time of the attack as evidence that they had been indoctrinated by propaganda.

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Extremist groups like Moms for Liberty allege that they "indoctrinate" children into learning far-left ideology by allowing them to access “inappropriate” reading material.

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The central character had been "indoctrinated by voices" like Andrew Tate's and "voices a lot more dangerous than Andrew Tate's", one of its writers, Jack Thorne told Radio 4's Front Row.

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