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INCULCATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does inculcation mean?
• INCULCATION (noun)
The noun INCULCATION has 1 sense:
1. teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition
Familiarity information: INCULCATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
inculcation; ingraining; instilling
Hypernyms ("inculcation" is a kind of...):
indoctrination (teaching someone to accept doctrines uncritically)
Derivation:
inculcate (teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions)
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