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INDOCTRINATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they indoctrinate ... he / she / it indoctrinates
Past simple: indoctrinated
Past participle: indoctrinated
-ing form: indoctrinating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Teach doctrines to; teach uncritically
Example:
The Moonies indoctrinate their disciples
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "indoctrinate" is one way to...):
instruct; learn; teach (impart skills or knowledge to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "indoctrinate"):
inspire; revolutionise; revolutionize (fill with revolutionary ideas)
brainwash (submit to brainwashing; indoctrinate forcibly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
doctrine (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)
indoctrination (teaching someone to accept doctrines uncritically)
