
[Latin inculcāre, inculcāt-, to force upon : in-, on; see in-2 + calcāre, to trample (from calx, calc-, heel).]
inculcation in'cul·ca'tion n.I have tried to inculcate in my pupils an attitude of intelligent laziness—Guardian, 1989
He faced an uphill struggle to inculcate some road sense into some of the wildest learner–drivers on the planet—Independent, 2005.Use with the person as object, on the analogy of indoctrinate, is also found but is not generally considered standard:
☒ They will also try to inculcate you with a spurious respect for a 'culture' which not only fails to distinguish between what is good and what is profitable [etc.]—Punch, 1992.
| incubus, incubator, incrust | |
| incur, indent, index |
verb
Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - indskærpe, indprente
Nederlands (Dutch)
dwingend inprenten
Français (French)
v. tr. - inculquer
Deutsch (German)
v. - einpflanzen, einprägen
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - εντυπώνω, εγχαράσσω (στο νου κ.λπ.), εμφυσώ, ενσταλάζω (στο νου κ.λπ.)
Português (Portuguese)
v. - inculcar
Русский (Russian)
внушать мысль, внедрять
Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - inculcar
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - inskärpa
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
反复灌输, 教育, 谆谆教诲
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 反復灌輸, 教育, 諄諄教誨
한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 되풀이 하여 가르치다, 설득하다, (사상 등을) 주입하다
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - しっかり教え込む, …にしっかり教え込む
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) يغرس, في الذهن
עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - נטע, שינן, החדיר, השריש בלב
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