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indoctrinate Definition

in·doc·tri·nate (in däk′trə nāt′)

transitive verb -·nat′ed, -·nat′·ing

  1. to instruct in, or imbue with, doctrines, theories, or beliefs, as of a sect
  2. to instruct; teach

Etymology: prob. (after ML doctrinatus, pp. of doctrinare, to instruct < L doctrina) < ME endoctrinen < OFr endoctriner: see in- & doctrine

indoctrinate Related Forms
in·doc′·tri·na′·tion noun in·doc′·tri·na′·tor noun
indoctrinate Synonyms

indoctrinate

v.

inculcate, imbue, brainwash, propagandize; see convince, influence, teach 1, 2.

indoctrinate Usage Examples

Object

  • child: You shouldn't be indoctrinating children We're not.
  • people: Alongside these repressive measures, they also greatly expanded their own media to indoctrinate the Russian people in their own ideology.
  • student: Teachers indoctrinate students to the practices of a new discourse.
  • public: In addition, it rejects all conspiracy theories that the media is simply out to indoctrinate the public.
  • population: Because they've indoctrinated the entire population to be scared shitless of people in white armor.

Preposition: into

  • way: We are so indoctrinated into this way of talking to children about literature, itâs sometimes hard to see whatâs so appalling about it.
  • system: More in particular those who are indoctrinated into the current belief system.
  • religion: They are places where children go to enjoy activities in the great outdoors and, increasingly, to be further indoctrinated into religion.

Modifying Another Word

  • deliberately: There is no greater crime in the cosmos than to deliberately indoctrinate young trusting minds with false teachings for selfish ends.
  • so: Quite how British officials became so indoctrinated with this ethos of the status quo is a mystery to me.
  • not: Staff should not indoctrinate or confuse children, who will come from a range of faith backgrounds, including families with no religious faith.
  • fully: But how can one convey the magnitude of this reconceptualization to 20th-century students so fully indoctrinated into thinking ( knowing?
  • n't: I was n't indoctrinated, they left it up to me to find my own way with what they'd taught me.
  • subtly: It will be subtly indoctrinating the children in the philosophy of secular humanism or " multifaithism " .

Infinitive complement

  • believe: The recruits will be called " initiates " and will be indoctrinated to believe false rites of passage to higher realms.
  • fear: Many people in Britain have been indoctrinated to fear " privatization " of the so-called " Public Services " .

Preposition: in

  • belief: School curricula In some societies children are indoctrinated in religious beliefs and values.

Preposition: from

  • birth: The English are indoctrinated from birth - not by his brilliance, but by the assumption of his brilliance.

Preposition: with

  • belief: Unfortunately, he too was indoctrinated with the belief that the West was first and last.