indoctrinate

English

Etymology

From in- +‎ doctrine +‎ -ate.

Pronunciation

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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.

Derived terms

• indoctrination

Related terms

• docent
• docile
• doctor
• doctorate
• doctrinaire
• doctrinal
• doctrine
• document

 

Translations

teach with a biased or one-sided ideology

• Catalan: adoctrinar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (to impart; to instill) 向……灌輸／向……灌输 (xiàng... guànshū), (to brainwash) 洗腦／洗脑 (zh) (xǐnǎo)

• Czech: indoktrinovat
• Dutch: indoctrineren (nl)
• Finnish: indoktrinoida, aivopestä (fi)
• French: endoctriner (fr)
• Galician: adoutrinar
• German: indoktrinieren (de)
• Italian: addottrinare (it)
• Latin: addoctrino, indoctrino
• Polish: indoktrynować (pl)
• Portuguese: doutrinar (pt), endoutrinar
• Romanian: îndoctrina (ro)
• Spanish: adoctrinar (es)
• Swedish: indoktrinera (sv)

teach — see teach

Further reading

• “indoctrinate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “indoctrinate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.