indoctrinate
/ɪnˈdɒktrɪneɪt
/verb [with object]
1Teach (a person or group) to accept a set of beliefs uncritically: broadcasting was a vehicle for indoctrinating the masses...
- Has an atheist who practices religion in Borneo overcome the beliefs he was indoctrinated with?
- She begs him to teach and indoctrinate her into the ways of what he does.
- According to theologian, we are all indoctrinated in the myth of redemptive violence: The basic belief that violence can create peace.
Synonyms
brainwash, propagandize, proselytize, inculcate, re-educate, persuade, convince, condition, discipline, mould;
instruct, teach, school, drill, ground
1.1 archaic Teach or instruct (someone): he indoctrinated them in systematic theology
Derivatives
indoctrinator
- Religious indoctrinators of every denomination must be salivating: all those innocent minds to corrupt, sorry, convert - and all on state money.
- And of course some indoctrinators are more thorough and thought-preventive than others are.
- If that is that case, the indoctrinators, like Aldous Huxley's controllers, become all-powerful.
indoctrinatory
Origin
Early 17th century: formerly also as endoctrinate): from en-1, in-2 'into' + doctrine + -ate3, or from obsolete indoctrine (verb), from French endoctriner, based on doctrine 'doctrine'.