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indoctrinate verb [ ɪnˈdɒktrɪneɪt ]

• teach (a person or group) to accept a set of beliefs uncritically.
• "broadcasting was a vehicle for indoctrinating the masses"
Similar: brainwash, propagandize, proselytize, inculcate, re-educate, persuade, convince, condition, discipline, mould, instruct, teach, school, drill, ground,
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’.


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