as in teaching
to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field
indoctrinated children in proper safety procedures
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Recent Examples of indoctrinating
As for the consequences these professors may face for being accused by their own students of indoctrinating, Herlinger said there will likely be none.
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Preston Mizell, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Russia is accused of taking thousands of Ukrainian children into Russia during the war, separating them from their families and indoctrinating them with Russian nationalism as part of its effort to erase the sovereignty and national culture of Ukraine.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Handsome but not very bright, Whitlock is kidnapped by communist screenwriters, who end up indoctrinating him into their cause.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indoctrinating
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From training the first service dog to beautifying a scenic jewel to teaching at-risk kids to save and invest money, our Icon winners are making a difference.—
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Not forcing her to go means hurting the other girl, forcing her to go means teaching your daughter that her own comfort should be subjugated to make someone else happy.—
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So prevalent is memorabilia fraud that the United States Postal Inspectors Service devotes an entire page on its website educating consumers how to protect themselves.—
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The narrative tracks a woman from an indigenous community in rural India whose job involves educating machine learning systems.—
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“Indoctrinating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indoctrinating. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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