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   In·doc·tri·nate

   /inˈdäktrəˌnāt/

   

   verb

   • 1. teach (a person or group) to accept a set of beliefs uncritically: "broadcasting was a vehicle for indoctrinating the masses"
   • ▪ teach or instruct (someone): "he indoctrinated them in systematic theology"

   Word Origin early 17th century: formerly also as endoctrinate): from en-1, in-2 ‘into’ + doctrine + -ate3, or from obsolete indoctrine (verb), from French endoctriner, based on doctrine ‘doctrine’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. indoctrinator noun
   • 2. indoctrinatory adjective

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   What does indoctrinate mean?

   • Definition of indoctrinate verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary indoctrinate somebody (with something) | indoctrinate somebody (to do something) to force somebody to accept a particular belief or set of beliefs and not allow them to consider any others They had been indoctrinated from an early age with their parents' beliefs.

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   What is indoctrination like?

   • Indoctrination is like an invisible PRISON to our mind... Indoctrination has a hidden agenda, teaching WHAT to think, not HOW to think. Indoctrination imposes boundaries to our minds, those boundaries imprison our ability to think for ourselves. Never let other people’ thoughts limit your unique ability to think for yourself.

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   What is indoctrination in education?

   • Indoctrination means the process of teaching a person or group to accept a set of beliefs uncritically. Children in any form of education will be indoctrinated into the particular system of cultural and social beliefs that they are exposed to. Therefore all education is indoctrination, in one way or another.

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   What is indoctrination method?

   • Thus, indoctrination is either: (1) any form of teaching aimed at getting students to adopt beliefs independent of the evidential support those beliefs may have (or lack); (2) any form of teaching based on methods that instill beliefs in students in such a way that they are unwilling or unable to question or evaluate … What is team teaching method?

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   indoctrinate somebody (with something) | indoctrinate somebody (to do something) to force somebody to accept a particular belief or set of beliefs and not allow them to consider any others. They had been indoctrinated from an early age with their parents' beliefs.

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   Indoctrinate definition: to instruct in a doctrine, principle, ideology, etc., especially to imbue with a specific partisan or biased belief or point of view.. See examples of INDOCTRINATE used in a sentence.

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   to make someone accept your ideas and beliefs by repeating them so often that they do not consider any others: They try to indoctrinate young people with their religious beliefs. indoctrination. noun [ U ] uk / ɪnˌdɒktrɪˈneɪʃ ə n / us. political indoctrination.

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   indoctrinate meaning: to make someone accept your ideas and beliefs by repeating them so often that they do not consider…. Learn more.

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   6 days ago · indoctrinate in American English. (ɪnˈdɑktrəˌneit) transitive verb Word forms: -nated, -nating. 1. to instruct in a doctrine, principle, ideology, etc., esp. to imbue with a specific partisan or biased belief or point of view. 2. to teach or inculcate. 3. to imbue with learning.

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   in· doc· tri· nate in-ˈdäk-trə-ˌnāt. indoctrinated; indoctrinating. Synonyms of indoctrinate. transitive verb. 1. : to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle. 2. : to instruct especially in fundamentals or rudiments : teach. indoctrination.

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   Definition of indoctrinate verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.