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indoctrination

noun

  1. process of forcibly inculcating ideas, attitudes, cognitive strategies or a professional methodology by coercion
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɪnˌdɒktrɪˈneɪʃn/ / /ɪnˌdɑktrəˈneɪʃən/

noun

Etymology: First attested in 1646; from indoctrinate + -ion.

  1. The act of indoctrinating, or the condition of being indoctrinated.

    The regime relied on political indoctrination in schools.

    Critics accused the organization of religious indoctrination.

  2. Instruction in the rudiments and principles of any science or belief system; information.

    ideological indoctrination

    subject someone to indoctrination