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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. rare.
    to 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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Derived Forms

  • ˈdzٰˌԲٴǰ, noun
  • ˌdzٰˈԲپDz, noun
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  • ·dz·ٰ·Բ·پDz [in-dok-tr, uh, -, ney, -sh, uh, n], noun
  • ·dz·ٰ·Բ·ٴǰ noun
  • ··dz·ٰ·Բٱ verb (used with object) reindoctrinated reindoctrinating
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yvlog 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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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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Trump has accused it of indoctrinating young people with racial, sexual, and political 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", Thorne told Radio 4's Front Row.

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Trump and his allies have accused the agency of "indoctrinating young people with inappropriate racial, sexual, and political material".

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