indoctrination

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England/ɪnˌdɒktrɪˈneɪʃn/US/ɪnˌdɑktrəˈneɪʃən/

noun

The act of indoctrinating, or the condition of being indoctrinated.

“political indoctrination”

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Meanings

nounindoctrination (countable and uncountable, plural indoctrinations)

plural indoctrinations

  1. countableuncountableThe act of indoctrinating, or the condition of being indoctrinated.

    political indoctrination

    2 more examples

    The regime relied on political indoctrination in schools.

    Critics accused the organization of religious indoctrination.

  2. countableuncountableInstruction in the rudiments and principles of any science or belief system; information.

    ideological indoctrination

    1 more example

    subject someone to indoctrination

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
instruction

Origin

First attested in 1646; from indoctrinate + -ion.

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Translations

Catalan adoctrinament
  • adoctrinamentact of indoctrinating
Chinese Mandarin 灌輸 /灌输, 洗腦 /洗脑
  • 灌輸 /灌输 (guànshū)act of indoctrinating
  • 洗腦 /洗脑 (xǐnǎo)act of indoctrinating
Czech poučování, indoktrinace
  • poučováníact of indoctrinating
  • indoktrinaceact of indoctrinating
Danish indoktrinering
  • indoktrineringact of indoctrinating
Dutch indoctrinatie
  • indoctrinatieact of indoctrinating
Finnish iskostus, indoktrinaatio
  • iskostusact of indoctrinating
  • indoktrinaatioact of indoctrinating
French endoctrinement
  • endoctrinementact of indoctrinating
German Indoktrination
  • Indoktrinationact of indoctrinating
Greek κατήχηση
  • κατήχηση (katíchisi)act of indoctrinating
Hungarian indoktrináció
  • indoktrinációact of indoctrinating
Icelandic innræting
  • innrætingact of indoctrinating
Indonesian indoktrinasi
  • indoktrinasiact of indoctrinating
Italian indottrinamento, addottrinamento
  • indottrinamentoact of indoctrinating
  • addottrinamentoact of indoctrinating
  • addottrinaturaact of indoctrinating
Japanese 教化
  • 教化 (kyōka)act of indoctrinating
Lithuanian indoktrinacija
  • indoktrinacijaact of indoctrinating
Norwegian Bokmål indoktrinering
  • indoktrineringact of indoctrinating
Polish indoktrynacja
  • indoktrynacjaact of indoctrinating
Portuguese doutrinação, endoutrinamento
  • doutrinaçãoact of indoctrinating
  • endoutrinamentoact of indoctrinating
Romanian îndoctrinare
  • îndoctrinareact of indoctrinating
Russian индоктрина́ция, идеологи́ческая обрабо́тка
  • индоктрина́ция (indoktrinácija)act of indoctrinating
  • идеологи́ческая обрабо́тка (ideologíčeskaja obrabótka)act of indoctrinating
  • внуше́ние иде́й (vnušénije idéj)act of indoctrinating
Spanish adoctrinamiento
  • adoctrinamientoact of indoctrinating
Swedish indoktrinering
  • indoktrineringact of indoctrinating

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with indoctrination

informationeducationlocationapplicationassociationadministrationorganizationcorporationregistrationAsianfoundationcommunicationpopulationnavigationstationaccommodationoperationpublicationvacationtransportationevaluationimplementationinstallationnation
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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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