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Date: 1600-1700
Language: Old French
Origin: endoctriner, from doctrine; DOCTRINE

indoctrinate

 verb
     
in‧doc‧tri‧nate [transitive]
to train someone to accept a particular set of beliefs, especially political or religious ones, and not consider any others:
People were indoctrinated not to question their leaders.
—indoctrination noun [uncountable]
The military in particular were subjected to intense political indoctrination.
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