noun
indoctrination
in-dahk-trih-NAY-shun/ɪnˌdɑːktrɪˈneɪʃn/
Teaching someone to accept beliefs without questioning them.
The instructor promotes indoctrination by closing a contrasting source and demanding assent.
Etymology
Indoctrinate originally meant simply “to teach,” and indoctrination meant “instruction.” The later shift toward instilling opinions or ideology underlies the current sense of teaching beliefs as unquestionable truth.
In context
many resources on propaganda and indoctrination it's sort of a way to quell revolutionary impulses on the cheap
More examples
- She distinguished open discussion from indoctrination.
- The program discouraged questions and promoted indoctrination.
- The memoir describes years of ideological indoctrination.
Forms
indoctrination · indoctrinations
indoctrinate verb — teach beliefs without encouraging questions
Similar words
- education
- Education can encourage inquiry; indoctrination trains acceptance without questioning.
- propaganda
- Propaganda is persuasive material promoting a cause; indoctrination is the process of instilling unquestioned beliefs.