indoctrinate
verbEtymology From in- + doctrine + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French endoctriner.
1
To teach (a person) with a biased, one-sided or uncritical ideology; to brainwash.
2
To teach and instill (something, to a person) in a biased, one-sided way.
- [...] it was beyond their hope to indoctrinate Marxism-Leninism-Mao's "thought" into the mind of young generation. The young generation does not care about Communism.1987, Asian Outlook:
- [They] attempt to further indoctrinate Christian values into local communities by first distorting the substance of the traditional rituals and then imputing another set of values to them.2002, Asian Anthropology:
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- She […] felt uncomfortable that she was to her mind 'pushing Christian values'. Apparently lurking beneath her discomfort was a sense that she was required to indoctrinate Christian values in a search for conformity rather than teaching to promote autonomy, which she regarded as her professional commitment.2017 November 13, Ros Stuart-Buttle, John Shortt, Christian Faith, Formation and Education, Springer, →ISBN, page 119:
- Further still, there were other little boys and girls whose parents DID know about the history [of the show promoting racism] who may have surely taken the time to infuse and indoctrinate it into the next generation.2024 November 29, Reggie Legend, On My Post: Recollections of a Social Media Maverick: VOLUME II, Reggie Kee d.b.a. Reggie Legend, →ISBN, page 98:
3
Obsolete To teach; to instruct.