indoctrination

[in-dok-truh-ney-shuh n]

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noun

the act of indoctrinating, or teaching or inculcating a doctrine, principle, or ideology, especially one with a specific point of view: religious indoctrination.

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Origin of indoctrination

indoctrin(ate) + -ation

Related formsre·in·doc·tri·na·tion, noun

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Examples from the Web for indoctrination

Mandela sent fighters for training and indoctrination to China when it was still ruled by that revolutionary icon, Mao Tse-Tung.
Anger at the Heart of Nelson Mandela’s Violent Struggle|Christopher Dickey|December 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And what Brown means to write is “according to medieval religious doctrine,” not “indoctrination.”
Fact-Checking Dan Brown’s ‘Inferno’: 10 Mistakes, False Statements, and Oversimplifications|Noah Charney|May 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
To this army of religious home-schoolers, it's about some absurd paranoia about indoctrination too.
So Let's Talk About Universal Pre-K|Michael Tomasky|February 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
On his website freedomofmind.com, he warns that today “the internet is… the primary vehicle for recruitment and indoctrination.”
Twilight of the Moonies and Scientologists?|Peter Popham|September 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Full disclosure: I was the one who leaked the tape, the widely disseminated “indoctrination video,” to Gawker.
Ex-Scientologists Speak Out About What Katie Holmes Is Experiencing|Mark Ebner|July 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
They devised a system of indoctrination unequaled by that of any other people.
Government in Republican China|Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger
The enlisted man, by a process of indoctrination and conditioning, is taught to obey and follow orders without reasoning.
A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis|Melvin Powers
Did you ask him whether he had had any communist training or indoctrination or anything of that kind?
Warren Commission (4 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
They were comparatively new here, all these in this indoctrination ward.
The Victor|Bryce Walton
You will be screened now and taken to the indoctrination ward.
The Victor|Bryce Walton