indoctrinate

English

Etymology

in- + doctrine + -ate

Verb

indoctrinate (third-person singular simple present indoctrinates, present participle indoctrinating, simple past and past participle indoctrinated)

  1. To teach with a biased, one-sided or uncritical ideology; to brainwash.
  2. (obsolete) To teach; to instruct.

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Further reading

  • indoctrinate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • indoctrinate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
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