Synonyms for indoctrinate
ɪnˈdɒk trəˌneɪtin·doc·tri·nate

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1. indoctrinate

   To teach is simply to communicate knowledge; to instruct (originally, to build in or into, put in order) is to impart knowledge with special method and completeness; instruct has also an authoritative sense nearly equivalent to command. To educate is to draw out or develop harmoniously the mental powers, and, in the fullest sense, the moral powers as well. To train is to direct to a certain result powers already existing. Train is used in preference to educate when the reference is to the inferior animals or to the physical powers of man; as, to train a horse; to train the hand or eye. To discipline is to bring into habitual and complete subjection to authority; discipline is a severe word, and is often used as a euphemism for punish; to be thoroughly effective in war, soldiers must be disciplined as well as trained. To nurture is to furnish the care and sustenance necessary for physical, mental, and moral growth; nurture is a more tender and homelike word than educate. Compare EDUCATION.

   Synonyms:
   discipline, drill, educate, enlighten, give instruction, give lessons, inculcate, inform, initiate, instill, instruct, nurture, school, teach, train, tutor

Princeton's WordNet

1. indoctrinateverb

   teach doctrines to; teach uncritically

   "The Moonies indoctrinate their disciples"

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1. indoctrinateverb

   Synonyms:
   teach, instruct, initiate, give instruction to

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1. Lisa Chaffee:

   We are fighting tirelessly to get this toxic material out of our children’s classrooms, but the teachers’ unions we’re up against have been unrelenting in their efforts to indoctrinate our kids, at the end of the day, it’s the Democrat politicians like Tim Ryan who empower these teachers’ unions.

2. Sami Steigmann:

   And once you indoctrinate somebody, it’s extremely difficult to bring them back, to see the whole picture, to bring them back to reality, it’s an uphill battle.

3. Marco Respinti:

   Sometimes the CCP says youre allowed to have religious materials in the state-controlled church, but then they stop people, so its contradictory, they are trying to control all of culture, and religion is a huge part of peoples culture.So theyre trying not only to stop peoples public expression of religion but they are also trying to go into personal things -- beliefs -- they are trying to indoctrinate people through these banning of religious materials.

4. Syrian President Bashar Assad:

   It's Wahhabi Ideology, They use the same books to indoctrinate the people.

5. Abigail Disney:

   It's so woven into families, if you can create this idea that somebody's in there trying to indoctrinate your child, the paranoid imagination can run circles.