indoctrination
pronunciation
How to pronounce indoctrination in British English:
UK [ɪnˌdɒktrɪ'neɪʃn]
How to pronounce indoctrination in American English:
US [ɪnˌdɑktrɪˈneʃən]
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- Noun:
- teaching someone to accept doctrines uncritically
Word Origin
- indoctrination (n.)
- 1640s, noun of action from indoctrinate.
Example
- 1. My secondary school started its indoctrination early , and has invested diligently in fund raising .
- 2. Indoctrination was carried out systematically through the mass media , schools , and worker and neighborhood associations .
- 3. Indoctrination continued to involve mass marches , rallies , and staged performances , sometimes including hundreds of thousands of persons .
- 4. The corollary to this is the idea that with appropriate education , indoctrination , social conditioning or what have you , people can be made to behave in almost any way imaginable .
- 5. Nor is religious indoctrination a big factor , ms argo insists ; only a fraction of the alumni of hard-line madrassas in pakistan and indonesia engage in violence .