indoctrinate

English

Etymology

in- +‎ doctrine +‎ -ate

Verb

indoctrinate (third-person singular simple present indoctrinates, present participle indoctrinating, simple past and past participle indoctrinated)

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

Derived terms

indoctrination

Related terms

docent
docile
doctor
doctorate
doctrinaire
doctrinal
doctrine
document

Translations

teach with a biased or one-sided ideology

Catalan: adoctrinar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: (to impart; to instill) 向……灌輸／向……灌输 (xiàng... guànshū), (to brainwash) 洗腦／洗脑 (zh) (xǐnǎo)
Czech: indoktrinovat
Finnish: indoktrinoida, aivopestä (fi)
French: endoctriner (fr)
Galician: adoutrinar
German: indoktrinieren (de)
Italian: addottrinare (it)
Latin: addoctrino, indoctrino
Polish: indoktrynować (pl)
Portuguese: doutrinar (pt), endoutrinar
Romanian: îndoctrina (ro)
Spanish: adoctrinar (es)
Swedish: indoktrinera (sv)

teach — see teach