INDOCTRINATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Teaching someone to accept doctrines uncritically

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("indoctrination" is a kind of...):

instruction; pedagogy; teaching (the profession of a teacher)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "indoctrination"):

brainwashing (forcible indoctrination into a new set of attitudes and beliefs)

inculcation; ingraining; instilling (teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition)

Derivation:

indoctrinate (teach doctrines to; teach uncritically)