indoctrinated

[ in-dok-truh-ney-tid ]

/ ɪnˈdɒk trəˌneɪ tɪd /

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adjective

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

the simple past tense and past participle of indoctrinate.

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Origin of indoctrinated

indoctrinate + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM indoctrinated

un·in·doc·tri·nat·ed, adjective

Words nearby indoctrinated

Indochina, Indochinese, indocile, Indocin, indoctrinate, indoctrinated, indoctrination, Indo-European, Indo-Europeanist, Indo-Germanic, Indo-Hittite

How to use indoctrinated in a sentence

She’s Catholic—always has been—and her father is a very indoctrinated Scientologist, and has been for quite a long time.
Texts Reveal How the Church of Scientology Shadowed Leah Remini and Jennifer Lopez|Tony Ortega|June 17, 2021|The Daily Beast
The Revolutionary Guard works in collaboration with the Islamic Republic’s soft-power organizations to indoctrinate them with the clerical regime’s extremist Shia Islamist ideology.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Is Radicalizing Young Men Across the Middle East. The U.S. Needs a Counterinsurgency Strategy|Kasra Aarabi|February 11, 2021|Time
The thing that was toughest for me to take was to see him indoctrinating his kids.
Politics Report: Gloria Goes Business With New Team|Scott Lewis and Andrew Keatts|November 14, 2020|Voice of San Diego
The airlines have indoctrinated us to accept a “steerage complex.”
Flying Coach Is the New Hell: How Airlines Engineer You Out of Room|Clive Irving|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Significantly, we learn that Dontae never played football as a kid, and thus was never indoctrinated into its codes of valor.
Two New Films Preach Our Nation’s Corrosive Gridiron Gospel|Steve Almond|September 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“My dad is really into football, so he indoctrinated me as a kid,” Ohanian says.
The 'Mayor of the Internet' Fights the Good Fight|Gideon Resnick|August 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But there has always been and there will always be a segment of society that chooses or is indoctrinated to ignore these rules.
You, Too, Could Be a Homicidal Zealot|Joel Gold|July 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
You have not been indoctrinated into unwanted-yet-inescapable tribal allegiances by your soccer-crazed countrymen.
Why Americans Should Love the World Cup|Sean Wilsey|June 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Whether it was by this sect that the Templars were indoctrinated must remain an open question.
Secret Societies And Subversive Movements|Nesta H. Webster
The newcomers, in their first months in the older settlements, were speedily indoctrinated with anti-slavery sentiment.
The Scandinavian Element in the United States|Kendric Charles Babcock
The Saturnian spirits who visited Swedenborg were manifestly indoctrinated with these ideas.
Myths and Marvels of Astronomy|Richard A. Proctor
George has been properly 'indoctrinated,' and, we must hope, will do credit to my instructions.
The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846|Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett
I was indoctrinated with the idea that there is a moral governance in the world, that God rules over the affairs of men.
Children of the Market Place|Edgar Lee Masters