Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

indoctrinate

/ɪndˈɑktɹənˌeɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.25 in modern English

Syllables: in-doc-tri-nate
IPA: /ɪndˈɑktɹənˌeɪt/

15

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To teach (a person) with a biased, one-sided or uncritical ideology; to brainwash.

verb

To teach and instill (something, to a person) in a biased, one-sided way.

verb

To teach; to instruct.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"[...] it was beyond their hope to indoctrinate Marxism-Leninism-Mao's "thought" into the mind of young generation. The young generation does not care about Communism."
"[They] attempt to further indoctrinate Christian values into local communities by first distorting the substance of the traditional rituals and then imputing another set of values to them."
"She […] felt uncomfortable that she was to her mind 'pushing Christian values'. Apparently lurking beneath her discomfort was a sense that she was required to indoctrinate Christian values in a search for conformity rather than teaching to promote autonomy, which she regarded as her professional commitment."
"Further still, there were other little boys and girls whose parents DID know about the history [of the show promoting racism] who may have surely taken the time to infuse and indoctrinate it into the next generation."

Etymology

From in- + doctrine + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French endoctriner.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

indoctrinates (present, singular) indoctrinating (participle, present) indoctrinated (participle, past) indoctrinated (past)

Derived Forms

counterindoctrinate indoctrinable indoctrinatee indoctrination indoctrinator indoctrinatory indoctrinee misindoctrinate reindoctrinate unindoctrinate unindoctrinated

Frequently Paired Words

docent docile doctor doctorate doctrinaire doctrinal doctrine document

Questions

How do you pronounce indoctrinate?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪndˈɑktɹənˌeɪt/.
What does indoctrinate mean?: To teach (a person) with a biased, one-sided or uncritical ideology; to brainwash.
Where does indoctrinate come from?: From in- + doctrine + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French endoctriner.

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