Definition of indoctrinate

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in·doc·tri·nate

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TRANSITIVE VERB:
in·doc·tri·nat·ed, in·doc·tri·nat·ing, in·doc·tri·nates

To instruct in a body of doctrine or principles.
To imbue with a partisan or ideological point of view: a generation of children who had been indoctrinated against the values of their parents.

OTHER FORMS:
in·doctri·nation(Noun)

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