reindoctrinate

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verb

To indoctrinate again.

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Meanings

verbreindoctrinate (third-person singular simple present reindoctrinates, present participle reindoctrinating, simple past and past participle reindoctrinated)

present singular third person reindoctrinates · participle present reindoctrinating · participle past reindoctrinated · past reindoctrinated

  1. To indoctrinate again.

    She wanted to reindoctrinate me and get me back on the right path, to again become the American I should have been all along.

    2017, Larry B. Stell, The People Hitler Left Behind
    2 more examples

    Reindoctrinate these men in the use of personal protective devices on the assumption that the temporary elevation of hearing level above the monitor limit may have been due to imperfect protection.

    1958, A.M.A. Archives of Industrial Health, page 13

    Counseling should help clients to confront their value systems and reindoctrinate themselves with different values, beliefs, and ideas.

    1993, Edward H. Scissons, Counseling for Results: Principles and Practices of Helping, page 10

Origin

From re- + indoctrinate.

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APA

reindoctrinate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reindoctrinate

MLA

“reindoctrinate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reindoctrinate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reindoctrinate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reindoctrinate.

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