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Antonyms for indoctrinate

Grammar : Verb
Spell : in-dok-truh-neyt
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈdɒk trəˌneɪt

Definition of indoctrinate

Origin :
  • 1620s, "to teach," from in- (2) "in" + Latin doctrina "teaching" (see doctrine). Meaning "to imbue with an idea or opinion" first recorded 1832. Related: Indoctrinated; indoctrinating. The earlier verb was indoctrine (c.1500).
  • verb brainwash
Example sentences :
  • She comes to indoctrinate you, to put you against me, is it not so?
  • Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
  • So one of your trained psychopropagandists can indoctrinate me?
  • Extract from : « Victory » by Lester del Rey
  • She begged him to indoctrinate his successor, Mr. Edward Stanhope.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Florence Nightingale vol. 2 of 2 » by Edward Tyas Cook
  • "Oh, certainly; I will indoctrinate Dolly," said the Doctor.
  • Extract from : « Poganuc People » by Harriet Beecher Stowe
  • In broad terms, all these publications were designed to indoctrinate specific groups of people, generally in their places of work.
  • Extract from : « Area Handbook for Bulgaria » by Eugene K. Keefe, Violeta D. Baluyut, William Giloane, Anne K. Long, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole
  • Press and radio as instruments to indoctrinate effectively reach the masses.
  • Extract from : « Area Handbook for Albania » by Eugene K. Keefe
  • I have already taken occasion to indoctrinate my reader on the subject of what I deem the most perfect species of table d'hte.
  • Extract from : « Arthur O'Leary » by Charles James Lever
  • I see that I cannot at once indoctrinate him into the arcana of nature; I must gradually lead him on, as if in play.
  • Extract from : « Holidays at the Grange or A Week's Delight » by Emily Mayer Higgins
  • To indoctrinate him now was too late: it was perhaps the time to make the positive use of him he wanted.
  • Extract from : « The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Complete » by George Meredith
  • I had lists of them, drawings if possible, but I never could indoctrinate anybody with my affection.
  • Extract from : « The Long Vacation » by Charlotte M. Yonge

Synonyms for indoctrinate

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