INDOCTRINATE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they indoctrinate ... he / she / it indoctrinates

Past simple: indoctrinated

Past participle: indoctrinated

-ing form: indoctrinating

Meaning:

Teach doctrines to; teach uncritically

Example:

The Moonies indoctrinate their disciples

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

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)