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May 18, 2022

Word of the Day: Indoctrinate

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Word of the Day : May 18, 2022

indoctrinate \in-DAHK-truh-nayt\ verb

What It Means

Indoctrinate means "to teach (someone) to fully accept the ideas, opinions, and beliefs of a particular group and to not consider other ideas, opinions, and beliefs."

// The goal of the professor is to teach politics, rather than to indoctrinate students with a narrow set of political beliefs.

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Aired May 18, 2022

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