indoctrination
nounUK /ɪnˌdɒktrɪˈneɪʃn/ · US /ɪnˌdɑktrəˈneɪʃən/
Etymology First attested in 1646; from indoctrinate + -ion.
1
The act of indoctrinating, or the condition of being indoctrinated.
- political indoctrination
- The regime relied on political indoctrination in schools.
1 more example
- 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
- Derived terms
- counterindoctrination, deindoctrination, indoctrinational