indoctrinate

The definition of indoctrinate is to teach a particular viewpoint.

(verb)

An example of indoctrinate is to teach your children your religious beliefs.

See indoctrinate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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

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See indoctrinate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb in·doc·tri·nat·ed, in·doc·tri·nat·ing, in·doc·tri·nates

To instruct in a body of doctrine or principles.
To imbue with a partisan or ideological point of view: a generation of children who had been indoctrinated against the values of their parents.

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