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in·doc·tri·nate
 indoctrinate
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- pronunciation:
- ihn
dak
trih
neIt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
indoctrinates, indoctrinating, indoctrinated |
| definition 1: |
to instruct in a particular set of ideas or beliefs.
The pamphlets are used to indoctrinate the populace as to the aims of the government.
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| definition 2: |
to cause to accept a particular doctrine or viewpoint.
The followers are indoctrinated so that they do not question the leader. |
| related words: |
civilize, condition, instruct, program |
adverb + (v.)indoctrinate
already, early, easily, fully, how, kind, less, merely, thoroughly, totally, yet
(v.)indoctrinate
+ noun
beginning,
belief,
camp,
child,
childhood,
citizen,
clone,
college,
consumer,
cult,
culture,
democracy,
education,
effort,
generation,
gospel,
government,
ideal,
ideology,
indian,
individual,
information,
kid,
lie,
man,
member,
message,
model,
nation,
notion,
organization,
people,
philosophy,
position,
professor,
pupil,
purpose,
religion,
school,
society,
soldier,
staff,
student,
study,
summer,
teacher,
training,
value,
view,
warrior,
way,
worker,
world,
youth
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| derivations: |
indoctrination (n.), indoctrinator (n.) |
The word indoctrinate
contains the following parts:
doc, doct
Latin
root
that means teach
  Example words:
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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