indoctrinated

[in-dok-truh-ney-tid]

adjective

1. having been instructed in or imbued with a specific belief or point of view, especially one that is partisan or biased.

   We are fighting a well-trained, well-organized, and ideologically indoctrinated guerrilla army.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of indoctrinate.

Other Word Forms

• unindoctrinated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of indoctrinated¹

indoctrinate ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

He relaxed strict dress codes for agents, recruited female agents and pointedly hired people from outside the agency – who were not indoctrinated in the Hoover culture – for administrative posts.

From Salon

Kimmel's suspension came after he implied the suspect accused of shooting Charlie Kirk was a conservative, even after Utah officials had said the alleged gunman was "indoctrinated with leftist ideology".

From BBC

Cox has previously said that Robinson, a Utah native, was "deeply indoctrinated with leftist ideology".

From BBC

Cox previously told the Wall Street Journal that Mr Robinson, a Utah native, was "deeply indoctrinated with leftist ideology".

From BBC

Day after day, they heard him on the radio and were indoctrinated into the hard-right culture war mentality that still pervades the Republican Party.

From Salon