counterindoctrination

noun

indoctrination against a previously imparted doctrine

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Meanings

nouncounterindoctrination (uncountable)
  1. uncountableindoctrination against a previously imparted doctrine

    Counts argued that capitalism could not be reconstructed into a more humane social order unless conservative indoctrination to which students were subjected in schools (and elsewhere) was challenged by radical counterindoctrination.

    2014, David W. Hursh, E. Wayne Ross, Democratic Social Education: Social Studies for Social Change

Origin

From counter- + indoctrination.

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APA

counterindoctrination. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterindoctrination

MLA

“counterindoctrination.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterindoctrination. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counterindoctrination,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterindoctrination.

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