INDOCTRINATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does indoctrinate mean? 

• INDOCTRINATE (verb)
  The verb INDOCTRINATE has 1 sense:

1. teach doctrines to; teach uncritically

  Familiarity information: INDOCTRINATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INDOCTRINATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they indoctrinate    ... he / she / it indoctrinates   
Past simple: indoctrinated   
Past participle: indoctrinated   
-ing form: indoctrinating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Teach doctrines to; teach uncritically

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Context example:

The Moonies indoctrinate their disciples

Hypernyms (to "indoctrinate" is one way to...):

instruct; learn; teach (impart skills or knowledge to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "indoctrinate"):

inspire; revolutionise; revolutionize (fill with revolutionary ideas)

brainwash (submit to brainwashing; indoctrinate forcibly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

doctrine (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)

indoctrination (teaching someone to accept doctrines uncritically)