indoctrination

[ in-dok-truh-ney-shuhn ]

/ ɪnˌdɒk trəˈneɪ ʃən /

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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

OTHER WORDS FROM indoctrination

re·in·doc·tri·na·tion, noun

Words nearby indoctrination

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

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That might seem like a truly radical change of view—something only distantly imaginable after thorough indoctrination.
Believing in Monsters: David Livingstone Smith on the Subhuman - Facts So Romantic|Eric Schwitzgebel|September 11, 2020|Nautilus
In mid-August, Facebook removed 790 QAnon groups and more than 10,000 accounts from Instagram in an effort to diminish the virality of the conspiracy, which simply showed how pervasive social media indoctrination is.
The American Fringes Go Mainstream|Nick Fouriezos|September 6, 2020|Ozy
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

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