indoctrinate
pronunciation
How to pronounce indoctrinate in British English:
UK [ɪnˈdɒktrɪneɪt]
How to pronounce indoctrinate in American English:
US [ɪnˈdɑktrɪneɪt]
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- Verb:
- teach doctrines to; teach uncritically
Word Origin
- indoctrinate (v.)
- 1620s, "to teach," from in- (2) "in" + Latin doctrina "teaching" (see doctrine). Meaning "to imbue with an idea or opinion" first recorded 1832. Related: Indoctrinated; indoctrinating. The earlier verb was indoctrine (c. 1500).
Example
- 1. They feared that fidel castro 's new regime would indoctrinate him , or even send him away to an " educational camp " or the soviet union .
- 2. In both the us and europe , economists - and the politicians they indoctrinate - must discard the false theory that one can use changes in the exchange rate to control the net trade balance in a predictable way .
- 3. Disney has opened a chain of language schools in shanghai , taking care to promise that the goal is to teach children to speak english , not to indoctrinate them with princesses 101 .