indoctrinate

tr.v., -nat·ed, -nat·ing, -nates.

1. To instruct in a body of doctrine or principles.
2. To imbue with a partisan or ideological point of view: a generation of children who had been indoctrinated against the values of their parents.

indoctrination in·doc'tri·na'tion n.

verb

1. To instruct in a body of doctrine or belief: drill, inculcate. See teach/learn.
2. To teach to accept a system of thought uncritically: brainwash, propagandize. See teach/learn.

v

Definition: brainwash
Antonyms: leave alone, neglect

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v. teach (a person or group) to accept a set of beliefs uncritically.

indoctrination n. indoctrinator n.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - indoktrinere, uddanne, oplære

Nederlands (Dutch)
indoctrineren, een ideologie onderwijzen

Français (French)
v. tr. - endoctriner

Deutsch (German)
v. - indoktrinieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - διδάσκω (δόγμα ή ιδέα), κατηχώ, εμποτίζω, μυώ

Italiano (Italian)
indottrinare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - doutrinar

Русский (Russian)
знакомить с теорией, внушать мысли

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - adoctrinar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - indoktrinera, skola

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
教训, 灌输, 教导

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 教訓, 灌輸, 教導

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 주입하다, 가르치다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 教え込む, 教える

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يلقن شخصا مذهبا معينا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הקנה עקרונות, שינן, החדיר למוחו‬

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