inculcation
pronunciation
How to pronounce inculcation in British English:
UK [ˌɪnkʌl'keɪʃn]
How to pronounce inculcation in American English:
US [ˌɪnkʌl'keɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition
Word Origin
- inculcation (n.)
- 1550s, from Late Latin inculcationem (nominative inculcatio), noun of action from past participle stem of inculcare (see inculcate).
Example
- 1. However , this learning of the rules is not done merely by repression ( although this becomes necessary at times of upheaval ) but by the gradual inculcation of values .
- 2. Darwin , by contrast , maintained that , even if humans had once been polygamous , they had never lived in sexual freedom : male jealousy had always led to " the inculcation of female virtue . "
- 3. That day , I break school disciplines and rushed in haste into the rooms of classmates for fun . Even I failed to be aware of my fault in time under the meaningful inculcation of you . I failed to appropriately adjust my mood .